Lilás is soft, cool-toned shade of warm blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool yellow, mid cyan or orange
| Inverse Color | #360 |
| Complementary Color | #cf9 |
| Color Shade: | warm blue (270° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 80% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Lilás Color. The Testosterose color for instance is a lighter 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.
#cf9 is the best complementary color to Lilás. 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 #c9f complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool blue, warm blue, and mid magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #99f and #ff99fe. Thus found on the left and right of #c9f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and Lavender Rose colors as they work well with Lilás.
The split-complementary Lilás palette consists of #9f9 and #feff99 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cf9). Try White and Pale Canary colors in combination with #c9f, 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 #c9f offers a combination of cool green and orange shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Lilás. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Lilás contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and Anakiwa split by 90° on the color wheel. #c9f square combo is a palette of warm blue, mid red, cool yellow and mid cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Lilás tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#cf9) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Anakiwa – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fc9 and #99cbff.
In a RGB color space, hex #cc99ff is made of 33% red, 25% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Lilás has a hue angle of 270°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 80%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cc99ff is made of 20% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #cc99ff |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(204,153,255) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 25%, 42% |
| CMYK | 20, 40, 0, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(270,100%,80%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(270,40%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.4461,38.068,-43.645) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.3431,42.8398,100.0125) |