Heather Hill is pale, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, cool cyan or warm yellow
| Inverse Color | #444f44 |
| Complementary Color | #afbbaf |
| Color Shade: | cool magenta (300° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 71.18% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Heather Hill Color. The Veiled Violet color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Ultimate Grey (#a9a8a9) for more calm effect. Try Antarctica as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#afbbaf is the best complementary color to Heather Hill. 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 #bbb0bb complementary color is Green Spring, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of violet, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Shady Lady are #b5afbb and #bbafb5. Thus found on the left and right of #bbb0bb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Chatelle and Pink Swan colors as they work well with Heather Hill.
The split-complementary Heather Hill palette consists of #afbbb5 and #b5bbaf colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#afbbaf). Try Edward and Green Spring colors in combination with #bbb0bb, 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 #bbb0bb 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 Heather Hill. Thus Tower Gray and Mist Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Heather Hill contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Green Spring, Tide, and Bombay split by 90° on the color wheel. #bbb0bb square combo is a palette of cool magenta, orange, warm green and cool cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Heather Hill tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#afbbaf) and two others. The Mist Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Spun Pearl – 120° from the complementary Green Spring. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bbbbaf and #afafbb.
In a RGB color space, hex #bbb0bb is made of 34% red, 32% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Heather Hill has a hue angle of 300°, a saturation of 7.48% and a lightness of 71.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bbb0bb is made of 0% cyan, 4.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black ink.
| HEX | #bbb0bb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(187,176,187) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 32%, 34% |
| CMYK | 0, 4.31, 0, 26.67 |
| HSL | hsl(300,7.48%,71.18%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(300,5.88%,73.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.0256,5.9337,-4.1971) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.9885,45.2033,53.3677) |