Twilight Color

#4e518b

Twilight 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 #b1ae74
Complementary Color #8b874e
Color Shade: cool blue (237.05° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 42.55% (better contrasting with white)
Twilight Color Sample
Twilight Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4e518b

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Twilight Color. The Bellflower 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 saturated alternative called Submarine Base (#5566aa) for more energetic effect. Try Velvet Morning as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8b874e is the best complementary color to Twilight. 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 #4e518b complementary color is Shadow, 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 East Bay are #4e6f8b and #694e8b. Thus found on the left and right of #4e518b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bismark and Butterfly Bush colors as they work well with Twilight.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Twilight palette consists of #6f8b4e and #8b694e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8b874e). Try Dingley and Shadow colors in combination with #4e518b, 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 #4e518b 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 Twilight. Thus Hippie Green and Copper Rust giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Twilight contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shadow, Cannon Pink, and Como split by 90° on the color wheel. #4e518b 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. Twilight tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#8b874e) and two others. The Copper Rust is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Smalt Blue – 120° from the complementary Shadow. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8b4e51 and #4e8b88.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4e518b is made of 26% red, 27% green and 47% blue. In a HSL mode Twilight has a hue angle of 237.05°, a saturation of 28.11% and a lightness of 42.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4e518b is made of 23.92% cyan, 22.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.49% black ink.

HEX #4e518b
RGB Decimal rgb(78,81,139)
RGB Percentage 26%, 27%, 47%
CMYK 23.92, 22.75, 0, 45.49
HSL hsl(237.05,28.11%,42.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(237.05,43.88%,54.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.6846,14.6722,-32.7141)
XYZ xyz(10.7445,9.3686,25.6681)
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