Antique Heather 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 | #324534 |
| Complementary Color | #baccbc |
| Color Shade: | mid magenta (306.32° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 76.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Antique Heather Color. The Marsh Orchid color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Lilac Fluff (#c8a4bf) for more energetic effect. Try Light Stately Frills as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#baccbc is the best complementary color to Antique Heather. 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 #cdbacb complementary color is Powder Ash, 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 Maverick are #c5bacc and #ccbac1. Thus found on the left and right of #cdbacb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Chatelle and Cold Turkey colors as they work well with Antique Heather.
The split-complementary Antique Heather palette consists of #baccc5 and #c1ccba colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#baccbc). Try Powder Ash and Clay Ash colors in combination with #cdbacb, 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 #cdbacb 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 Antique Heather. Thus Submarine and Foggy Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Antique Heather contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Powder Ash, Ash, and Loblolly split by 90° on the color wheel. #cdbacb 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. Antique Heather tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#baccbc) and two others. The Foggy Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gray Suit – 120° from the complementary Powder Ash. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #caccba and #bbbacc.
In a RGB color space, hex #cdbacb is made of 35% red, 31% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Antique Heather has a hue angle of 306.32°, a saturation of 15.97% and a lightness of 76.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cdbacb is made of 0% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 0.78% yellow and 19.61% black ink.
| HEX | #cdbacb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(205,186,203) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 31%, 34% |
| CMYK | 0, 7.45, 0.78, 19.61 |
| HSL | hsl(306.32,15.97%,76.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(306.32,9.27%,80.39%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.5246,9.7496,-6.106) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.5152,52.4087,63.7953) |