Dream Vapor Color

#cc99ee

Dream Vapor is calm, cool-toned shade of violet. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with yellow green, mid cyan or orange

Inverse Color #361
Complementary Color #baee98
Color Shade: violet (276° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 76.67% (better contrasting with white)
Dream Vapor Color Sample
Dream Vapor Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #cc99ee

If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Dream Vapor Color. The Lavender Cream color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm blue bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Bright Lilac (#d891ef) for more energetic effect. Try Petal Plush as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#baee98 is the best complementary color to Dream Vapor. Yellow green shades generally complement the violet hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c9e complementary color is Sulu, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid blue, violet, and mid magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #a198ee and #ee98e5. Thus found on the left and right of #c9e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Portage and Lavender Magenta colors as they work well with Dream Vapor.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dream Vapor palette consists of #98eea1 and #e5ee98 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#baee98). Try Madang and Primrose colors in combination with #c9e, 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 #c9e offers a combination of green cyan and orange shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Dream Vapor. Thus Magic Mint and Chalky giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dream Vapor contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sulu, Sea Pink, and Blizzard Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #c9e square combo is a palette of violet, mid red, yellow green and mid 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. Dream Vapor tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#baee98) and two others. The Chalky is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Perano – 120° from the complementary Sulu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #eecc98 and #98baee.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #cc99ee is made of 34% red, 26% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Dream Vapor has a hue angle of 276°, a saturation of 71.43% and a lightness of 76.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cc99ee is made of 13.33% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #cc99ee
RGB Decimal rgb(204,153,238)
RGB Percentage 34%, 26%, 40%
CMYK 13.33, 33.33, 0, 6.67
HSL hsl(276,71.43%,76.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(276,35.71%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.7279,34.3914,-35.5076)
XYZ xyz(51.7257,41.7929,86.2295)
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