Legendary Purple Color

#4e4e63

Legendary Purple is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or mid red

Inverse Color #b1b19c
Complementary Color #62624e
Color Shade: cool blue (240° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 34.71% (better contrasting with white)
Legendary Purple Color Sample
Legendary Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4e4e63

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Legendary Purple Color. The Swollen Sky 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 London Grey (#666677) for more calm effect. Try Eventide as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#62624e is the best complementary color to Legendary 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 #4e4e63 complementary color is Siam, 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 Trout are #4e5862 and #584e62. Thus found on the left and right of #4e4e63 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Trout and Scarpa Flow colors as they work well with Legendary Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Legendary Purple palette consists of #58624e and #62584e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#62624e). Try Siam and Soya Bean colors in combination with #4e4e63, 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 #4e4e63 offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Legendary Purple. Thus Finlandia and Zambezi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Legendary Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Siam, Don Juan, and Nandor split by 90° on the color wheel. #4e4e63 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. Legendary Purple tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#62624e) and two others. The Zambezi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Nandor – 120° from the complementary Siam. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #624e4e and #4e6262.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4e4e63 is made of 31% red, 31% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Legendary Purple has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 11.86% and a lightness of 34.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4e4e63 is made of 8.23% cyan, 8.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 61.18% black ink.

HEX #4e4e63
RGB Decimal rgb(78,78,99)
RGB Percentage 31%, 31%, 39%
CMYK 8.23, 8.23, 0, 61.18
HSL hsl(240,11.86%,34.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(240,21.21%,38.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(33.9189,5.0306,-12.1993)
XYZ xyz(8.1184,7.9693,12.9147)
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