Hydrangea Purple Color

#caa0ff

Hydrangea Purple is soft, cool-toned shade of warm blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool yellow, warm cyan or warm red

Inverse Color #355f00
Complementary Color #d4ffa0
Color Shade: warm blue (266.53° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 81.37% (better contrasting with white)
Hydrangea Purple Color Sample
Hydrangea Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #caa0ff

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Hydrangea Purple Color. The Liliac color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Mauve (#e0b0ff) for more calm effect. Try Light Violet as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#d4ffa0 is the best complementary color to Hydrangea Purple. Cool yellow shades generally complement the warm blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #caa0ff complementary color is Reef, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool blue, warm blue, and cool magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Mauve are #a0a5ff and #f9a0ff. Thus found on the left and right of #caa0ff on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Melrose and Mauve colors as they work well with Hydrangea Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Hydrangea Purple palette consists of #a5ffa0 and #fff9a0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d4ffa0). Try Mint Green and Picasso colors in combination with #caa0ff, 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 #caa0ff offers a combination of cool green and warm red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Hydrangea Purple. Thus Aquamarine and Flesh giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Hydrangea Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Reef, Sweet Pink, and Anakiwa split by 90° on the color wheel. #caa0ff square combo is a palette of warm blue, cool red, cool yellow and warm 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. Hydrangea Purple tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#d4ffa0) and two others. The Flesh is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Anakiwa – 120° from the complementary Reef. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ffcaa0 and #a0d4ff.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #caa0ff is made of 33% red, 26% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Hydrangea Purple has a hue angle of 266.53°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 81.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #caa0ff is made of 20.78% cyan, 37.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #caa0ff
RGB Decimal rgb(202,160,255)
RGB Percentage 33%, 26%, 41%
CMYK 20.78, 37.25, 0, 0
HSL hsl(266.53,100%,81.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(266.53,37.25%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.838,33.6784,-41.4832)
XYZ xyz(54.9779,44.9182,100.3802)
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