Pale Slate Color

#c3bfc1

Pale Slate 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 #3c403e
Complementary Color #bfc3c1
Color Shade: warm magenta (330° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 75.69% (better contrasting with white)
Pale Slate Color Sample
Pale Slate Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c3bfc1

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Pale Slate Color. The Stamina color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Lavender Cloud (#b8abb1) for more energetic effect. Try Beguiling Mauve as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bfc3c1 is the best complementary color to Pale Slate. 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 #c3bfc1 complementary color is Pumice, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pale Slate are #c3bfc3 and #c3bfbf. Thus found on the left and right of #c3bfc1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pale Slate and Silver colors as they work well with Pale Slate.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pale Slate palette consists of #bfc3c3 and #bfc3bf colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bfc3c1). Try Silver Sand and Pumice colors in combination with #c3bfc1, 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 #c3bfc1 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 Pale Slate. Thus Silver Sand and Kangaroo giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pale Slate contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pumice, Gray Nickel, and French Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #c3bfc1 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool 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 Slate tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#bfc3c1) and two others. The Kangaroo is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and French Gray – 120° from the complementary Pumice. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c1c3bf and #c1bfc3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c3bfc1 is made of 34% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Pale Slate has a hue angle of 330°, a saturation of 3.23% and a lightness of 75.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c3bfc1 is made of 0% cyan, 1.57% magenta, 0.78% yellow and 23.53% black ink.

HEX #c3bfc1
RGB Decimal rgb(195,191,193)
RGB Percentage 34%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0, 1.57, 0.78, 23.53
HSL hsl(330,3.23%,75.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(330,2.05%,76.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(77.7058,1.7633,-0.519)
XYZ xyz(50.7621,52.714,57.9514)
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