What is hex #A29CBD color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 64% red, 61% green and 74% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (162,156,189).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (14%, 17%, 0%, 26%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #A29CBD features a hue of 251°, 17% saturation, and a brightness value of 74%.

Hex #A29CBD Color Codes & Equivalents

RGB Values (162,156,189)
CMYK Values (14%, 17%, 0%, 26%)
HSV/HSB Values (251°, 17%, 74%)
Closest Web Safe
#9999CC
Inverse Color
#5D6342
Closest Pantone®
7445 C
Closest RAL
RAL 9006 [White aluminium]
Complementary Color
#B7BD9C

#A29CBD Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#A9A9A9
Lightness (Desaturation)
#ACACAC
Weighted (BT601)
#A2A2A2
Luma (BT709)
#A0A0A0

Hex #A29CBD Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #A29CBD is #B7BD9C. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #A29CBD you will find #B7BD9C. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#A29CBD #B7BD9C

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #A29CBD is composed with colors #9CA6BD and #B29CBD. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #A29CBD with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#9CA6BD #A29CBD #B29CBD

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #A29CBD is composed with colors #A6BD9C and #BDB29C. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#A29CBD #A6BD9C #BDB29C

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #A29CBD is composed with colors #9CBDA2 and #BDA29C. They are located to the right and left of your main color #A29CBD with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#A29CBD #9CBDA2 #BDA29C

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #A29CBD is composed with colors #BDA29C, #B7BD9C and #9CB7BD A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#A29CBD #BDA29C #B7BD9C #9CB7BD

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #A29CBD is composed with colors #BD9CA6, #B7BD9C and #9CBDB2 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette looks a lot like the Tetradic palette but it is less dark which is nicer in my opinion.

#A29CBD #BD9CA6 #B7BD9C #9CBDB2

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #A29CBD

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #A29CBD.

#A29CBD #ADA8C5 #B8B4CD #C4C0D5 #CFCCDD #DBD9E5 #E6E5ED #F2F1F6

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#A29CBD #A7A4B4 #ACACAC

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#A29CBD #968FB4 #8B83AC #7F77A4 #746B9C #6A6191 #615985 #585079

Hex #A29CBD in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #A29CBD
Java new Color(162,156,189);
Python Color(#A29CBD)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 162,156,189);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.64, green: 0.61, blue: 0.74, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(162, 156, 189)