Dripping Wisteria Color

#bb99bb

Dripping Wisteria is pale, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, blue cyan or warm yellow

Inverse Color #464
Complementary Color #9b9
Color Shade: cool magenta (300° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 66.67% (better contrasting with white)
Dripping Wisteria Color Sample
Dripping Wisteria Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bb99bb

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Dripping Wisteria Color. The Radiant Lilac color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Stage Mauve (#b081aa) for more energetic effect. Try Lavish Lavender as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9b9 is the best complementary color to Dripping Wisteria. Warm green shades generally complement the cool magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b9b complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #a999bb and #b9a. Thus found on the left and right of #b9b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Amethyst Smoke and White colors as they work well with Dripping Wisteria.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dripping Wisteria palette consists of #9ba and #ab9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9b9). Try White and White colors in combination with #b9b, 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 #b9b offers a combination of warm cyan and warm yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Dripping Wisteria. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dripping Wisteria contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and Gull Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #b9b square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and blue cyan 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. Dripping Wisteria tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#9b9) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bb9 and #99b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bb99bb is made of 35% red, 29% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Dripping Wisteria has a hue angle of 300°, a saturation of 20% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bb99bb is made of 0% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black ink.

HEX #bb99bb
RGB Decimal rgb(187,153,187)
RGB Percentage 35%, 29%, 35%
CMYK 0, 13.33, 0, 26.67
HSL hsl(300,20%,66.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(300,18.18%,73.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(67.2283,18.6006,-12.8233)
XYZ xyz(40.8544,36.9351,51.9896)
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