Wooed Color

#40446c

Wooed is calm, 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 #bfbb93
Complementary Color #6c6740
Color Shade: cool blue (234.55° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 33.73% (better contrasting with white)
Wooed Color Sample
Wooed Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #40446c

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Wooed Color. The Blue Regal color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Heavy Violet (#4f566c) for more calm effect. Try Plum Fuzz as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6c6740 is the best complementary color to Wooed. 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 #40446c complementary color is Hemlock, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Fiord are #405a6c and #51406c. Thus found on the left and right of #40446c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fiord and Mulled Wine colors as they work well with Wooed.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wooed palette consists of #5a6c40 and #6c5140 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6c6740). Try Chalet Green and Tobacco Brown colors in combination with #40446c, 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 #40446c 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 Wooed. Thus Fern Green and Congo Brown giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wooed contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Hemlock, Eggplant, and Killarney split by 90° on the color wheel. #40446c square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green 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. Wooed tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#6c6740) and two others. The Congo Brown is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and William – 120° from the complementary Hemlock. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6c4044 and #406c68.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #40446c is made of 27% red, 28% green and 45% blue. In a HSL mode Wooed has a hue angle of 234.55°, a saturation of 25.58% and a lightness of 33.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #40446c is made of 17.25% cyan, 15.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 57.65% black ink.

HEX #40446c
RGB Decimal rgb(64,68,108)
RGB Percentage 27%, 28%, 45%
CMYK 17.25, 15.68, 0, 57.65
HSL hsl(234.55,25.58%,33.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(234.55,40.74%,42.35%)
CIE-LAB lab(30.174,9.436,-23.7789)
XYZ xyz(6.8882,6.3069,15.0417)
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