Jacksons Purple is soft, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or cool red
| Inverse Color | #c2c082 |
| Complementary Color | #7d7b3c |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (238.13° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 36.47% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Jacksons Purple Color. The Whale Skin color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Berry Mix (#555a90) for more calm effect. Try Fresh Take as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#7d7b3c is the best complementary color to Jacksons Purple. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #3d3f7d complementary color is Yellow Metal, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of East Bay are #3c5e7d and #5a3c7d. Thus found on the left and right of #3d3f7d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching East Bay and Victoria colors as they work well with Jacksons Purple.
The split-complementary Jacksons Purple palette consists of #5e7d3c and #7d5a3c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7d7b3c). Try Fern Green and Spicy Mix colors in combination with #3d3f7d, 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 #3d3f7d offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Jacksons Purple. Thus Goblin and Lotus giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Jacksons Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Yellow Metal, Cosmic, and Amazon split by 90° on the color wheel. #3d3f7d square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Jacksons Purple tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#7d7b3c) and two others. The Lotus is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Oracle – 120° from the complementary Yellow Metal. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7d3c3e and #3c7d7b.
In a RGB color space, hex #3d3f7d is made of 24% red, 25% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Jacksons Purple has a hue angle of 238.13°, a saturation of 34.41% and a lightness of 36.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3d3f7d is made of 25.1% cyan, 24.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.98% black ink.
| HEX | #3d3f7d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(61,63,125) |
| RGB Percentage | 24%, 25%, 50% |
| CMYK | 25.1, 24.31, 0, 50.98 |
| HSL | hsl(238.13,34.41%,36.47%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(238.13,51.2%,49.02%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(29.4824,17.4916,-35.6026) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.4036,6.0278,20.1753) |