Lucius Lilac is pale, cool-toned shade of violet. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with yellow green, mid cyan or orange
| Inverse Color | #455d31 |
| Complementary Color | #b6cea2 |
| Color Shade: | violet (272.73° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 72.16% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Lucius Lilac Color. The Purple Shine color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Perspective (#cebeda) for more calm effect. Try Plum Cake as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#b6cea2 is the best complementary color to Lucius Lilac. Yellow green shades generally complement the violet hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #baa2ce complementary color is Sprout, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid blue, violet, and mid magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of East Side are #a3a2ce and #cea2cc. Thus found on the left and right of #baa2ce on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wistful and Lilac colors as they work well with Lucius Lilac.
The split-complementary Lucius Lilac palette consists of #a2cea3 and #cccea2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b6cea2). Try Spring Rain and Chino colors in combination with #baa2ce, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #baa2ce offers a combination of green cyan and orange shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Lucius Lilac. Thus Shadow Green and Vanilla giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Lucius Lilac contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sprout, Eunry, and Jungle Mist split by 90° on the color wheel. #baa2ce square combo is a palette of violet, mid red, yellow green and mid cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Lucius Lilac tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#b6cea2) and two others. The Vanilla is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rock Blue – 120° from the complementary Sprout. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ceb9a2 and #a2b6ce.
In a RGB color space, hex #baa2ce is made of 34% red, 29% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Lucius Lilac has a hue angle of 272.73°, a saturation of 30.99% and a lightness of 72.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #baa2ce is made of 7.84% cyan, 17.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black ink.
| HEX | #baa2ce |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(186,162,206) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 29%, 37% |
| CMYK | 7.84, 17.25, 0, 19.22 |
| HSL | hsl(272.73,30.99%,72.16%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(272.73,21.36%,80.78%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.9906,17.0486,-19.2047) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.3106,40.736,63.9199) |