Purple Navy 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 | #b1ae7f |
| Complementary Color | #807d4e |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (236.4° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 40.39% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Navy Color. The Electrify color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Champion Blue (#606788) for more calm effect. Try Bella Sera as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#807d4e is the best complementary color to Purple Navy. 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 #4e5180 complementary color is Shadow, 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 #4e6980 and #644e80. Thus found on the left and right of #4e5180 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue Bayoux and Butterfly Bush colors as they work well with Purple Navy.
The split-complementary Purple Navy palette consists of #69804e and #80644e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#807d4e). Try Dingley and Roman Coffee colors in combination with #4e5180, 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 #4e5180 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 Purple Navy. Thus Hippie Green and Roman Coffee giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Purple Navy contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shadow, Cannon Pink, and Como split by 90° on the color wheel. #4e5180 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. Purple Navy tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#807d4e) and two others. The Roman Coffee is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cutty Sark – 120° from the complementary Shadow. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #804e50 and #4e807d.
In a RGB color space, hex #4e5180 is made of 27% red, 28% green and 45% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Navy has a hue angle of 236.4°, a saturation of 24.27% and a lightness of 40.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4e5180 is made of 19.61% cyan, 18.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 49.8% black ink.
| HEX | #4e5180 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(78,81,128) |
| RGB Percentage | 27%, 28%, 45% |
| CMYK | 19.61, 18.44, 0, 49.8 |
| HSL | hsl(236.4,24.27%,40.39%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(236.4,39.06%,50.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(36.1055,11.2975,-26.8883) |
| XYZ | xyz(9.9806,9.0631,21.6454) |