Stately Frills is pale, cool-toned shade of mid magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid green, blue cyan or mid yellow
| Inverse Color | #3a423b |
| Complementary Color | #bdc4be |
| Color Shade: | mid magenta (307.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 75.69% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Stately Frills Color. The Tender Limerence color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Shady Lady (#aaa5a9) for more calm effect. Try Sunny Pavement as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#bdc4be is the best complementary color to Stately Frills. Mid green shades generally complement the mid magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c5bdc4 complementary color is Pumice, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of violet, mid magenta, and red magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Pale Slate are #c2bdc4 and #c4bdc0. Thus found on the left and right of #c5bdc4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Chatelle and Pale Slate colors as they work well with Stately Frills.
The split-complementary Stately Frills palette consists of #bdc4c2 and #c0c4bd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bdc4be). Try Powder Ash and Kangaroo colors in combination with #c5bdc4, 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 #c5bdc4 offers a combination of mid cyan and mid yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Stately Frills. Thus Silver Sand and Gray Nickel giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Stately Frills contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pumice, Cloud, and Silver Sand split by 90° on the color wheel. #c5bdc4 square combo is a palette of mid magenta, orange, mid green and blue cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Stately Frills tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#bdc4be) and two others. The Gray Nickel 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 #c3c4bd and #bebdc4.
In a RGB color space, hex #c5bdc4 is made of 34% red, 32% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Stately Frills has a hue angle of 307.5°, a saturation of 6.45% and a lightness of 75.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c5bdc4 is made of 0% cyan, 3.13% magenta, 0.39% yellow and 22.75% black ink.
| HEX | #c5bdc4 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(197,189,196) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 32%, 34% |
| CMYK | 0, 3.13, 0.39, 22.75 |
| HSL | hsl(307.5,6.45%,75.69%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(307.5,4.06%,77.25%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.4307,4.0788,-2.527) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.1874,52.251,59.6121) |