Soft Heather is pale, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow
| Inverse Color | #415748 |
| Complementary Color | #a8bdae |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (319.09° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 70.2% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Soft Heather Color. The Registra color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Fabulous Fantasy (#ba90ad) for more energetic effect. Try Lover's Tryst as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#a8bdae is the best complementary color to Soft Heather. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bea8b7 complementary color is Spring Rain, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Lily are #b9a8bd and #bda8ac. Thus found on the left and right of #bea8b7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching London Hue and Pink Swan colors as they work well with Soft Heather.
The split-complementary Soft Heather palette consists of #a8bdb9 and #acbda8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a8bdae). Try Tower Gray and Norway colors in combination with #bea8b7, 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 #bea8b7 offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Soft Heather. Thus Tower Gray and Eagle giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Soft Heather contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spring Rain, Nomad, and Cadet Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #bea8b7 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Soft Heather tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#a8bdae) and two others. The Eagle is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Chatelle – 120° from the complementary Spring Rain. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b6bda8 and #aea8bd.
In a RGB color space, hex #bea8b7 is made of 35% red, 31% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Soft Heather has a hue angle of 319.09°, a saturation of 14.47% and a lightness of 70.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bea8b7 is made of 0% cyan, 8.63% magenta, 2.75% yellow and 25.49% black ink.
| HEX | #bea8b7 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(190,168,183) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 31%, 34% |
| CMYK | 0, 8.63, 2.75, 25.49 |
| HSL | hsl(319.09,14.47%,70.2%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(319.09,11.58%,74.51%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.1262,10.6149,-4.7694) |
| XYZ | xyz(43.7851,42.3713,50.6705) |