Pale Petticoat Color

#ba9ba5

Pale Petticoat is pale, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green

Inverse Color #45645a
Complementary Color #9bbaaf
Color Shade: red magenta (340.65° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 66.86% (better contrasting with white)
Pale Petticoat Color Sample
Pale Petticoat Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ba9ba5

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Pale Petticoat Color. The Mauve Finery color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Mauve Orchid (#b58299) for more energetic effect. Try Iris Pink as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9bbaaf is the best complementary color to Pale Petticoat. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ba9ba5 complementary color is Summer Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Thatch are #ba9bb4 and #baa09b. Thus found on the left and right of #ba9ba5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lily and Thatch colors as they work well with Pale Petticoat.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pale Petticoat palette consists of #9bb4ba and #9bbaa0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9bbaaf). Try Gull Gray and Summer Green colors in combination with #ba9ba5, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #ba9ba5 offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pale Petticoat. Thus Gull Gray and Norway giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pale Petticoat contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Summer Green, Eagle, and Amethyst Smoke split by 90° on the color wheel. #ba9ba5 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid blue shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pale Petticoat tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#9bbaaf) and two others. The Norway is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Amethyst Smoke – 120° from the complementary Summer Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a5ba9b and #af9bba.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ba9ba5 is made of 37% red, 31% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Pale Petticoat has a hue angle of 340.65°, a saturation of 18.34% and a lightness of 66.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ba9ba5 is made of 0% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 8.23% yellow and 27.06% black ink.

HEX #ba9ba5
RGB Decimal rgb(186,155,165)
RGB Percentage 37%, 31%, 33%
CMYK 0, 12.16, 8.23, 27.06
HSL hsl(340.65,18.34%,66.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(340.65,16.67%,72.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(66.9746,13.1407,-0.9145)
XYZ xyz(38.7626,36.5984,40.6185)
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