Pale Lavender Color

#dcd0ff

Pale Lavender is pale, cool-toned shade of warm blue. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool yellow, warm cyan or warm red

Inverse Color #232f00
Complementary Color #f2fed0
Color Shade: warm blue (255.32° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 90.78% (better contrasting with black)
Pale Lavender Color Sample
Pale Lavender Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dcd0ff

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Pale Lavender Color. The Titan White 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 Sugar Crystal (#f8f4ff) for more calm effect. Try Innocent Snowdrop as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#f2fed0 is the best complementary color to Pale Lavender. 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 #dcd0ff complementary color is Chiffon, 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 Fog are #d0dbfe and #f3d0fe. Thus found on the left and right of #dcd0ff on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Periwinkle and Blue Chalk colors as they work well with Pale Lavender.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pale Lavender palette consists of #dbfed0 and #fef3d0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#f2fed0). Try Snow Flurry and Pipi colors in combination with #dcd0ff, 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 #dcd0ff 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 Pale Lavender. Thus Snowy Mint and Watusi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pale Lavender contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chiffon, Pastel Pink, and Frosted Mint split by 90° on the color wheel. #dcd0ff 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. Pale Lavender tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#f2fed0) and two others. The Watusi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Onahau – 120° from the complementary Chiffon. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fedcd0 and #d0f2fe.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dcd0ff is made of 32% red, 30% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Pale Lavender has a hue angle of 255.32°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 90.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dcd0ff is made of 13.73% cyan, 18.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #dcd0ff
RGB Decimal rgb(220,208,255)
RGB Percentage 32%, 30%, 37%
CMYK 13.73, 18.43, 0, 0
HSL hsl(255.32,100%,90.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(255.32,18.43%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.7796,13.0883,-21.4507)
XYZ xyz(70.1211,67.5474,103.9499)
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