Intense Purple is calm, cool-toned shade of mid blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, green cyan or mid red
| Inverse Color | #b2b590 |
| Complementary Color | #6c6f4a |
| Color Shade: | mid blue (244.86° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 36.27% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Intense Purple Color. The Blue Potato color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Dolphin (#646077) for more calm effect. Try Blueberry Tart as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6c6f4a is the best complementary color to Intense Purple. Mid yellow shades generally complement the mid blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4d4a6f complementary color is Go Ben, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of blue cyan, mid blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Mulled Wine are #4a596f and #5f4a6f. Thus found on the left and right of #4d4a6f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fiord and Mulled Wine colors as they work well with Intense Purple.
The split-complementary Intense Purple palette consists of #596f4a and #6f5f4a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6c6f4a). Try Dingley and Tobacco Brown colors in combination with #4d4a6f, 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 #4d4a6f offers a combination of mid green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Intense Purple. Thus Axolotl and Ferra giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Intense Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Go Ben, Eggplant, and Como split by 90° on the color wheel. #4d4a6f square combo is a palette of mid blue, red magenta, mid yellow and green cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Intense Purple tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#6c6f4a) and two others. The Ferra is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cutty Sark – 120° from the complementary Go Ben. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6f4d4a and #4a6c6f.
In a RGB color space, hex #4d4a6f is made of 29% red, 28% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Intense Purple has a hue angle of 244.86°, a saturation of 20% and a lightness of 36.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4d4a6f is made of 13.33% cyan, 14.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 56.47% black ink.
| HEX | #4d4a6f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(77,74,111) |
| RGB Percentage | 29%, 28%, 42% |
| CMYK | 13.33, 14.51, 0, 56.47 |
| HSL | hsl(244.86,20%,36.27%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(244.86,33.33%,43.53%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(33.1851,10.5211,-20.8888) |
| XYZ | xyz(8.3786,7.623,16.0687) |