Heavy Violet Color

#4f566c

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

Inverse Color #b0a993
Complementary Color #6c654f
Color Shade: cool blue (225.52° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 36.67% (better contrasting with white)
Heavy Violet Color Sample
Heavy Violet Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4f566c

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Heavy Violet Color. The Kashmir Blue 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 Nouveau (#686f7e) for more calm effect. Try Steel Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6c654f is the best complementary color to Heavy Violet. 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 #4f566c complementary color is Soya Bean, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Comet are #4f646c and #564f6c. Thus found on the left and right of #4f566c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cutty Sark and Mulled Wine colors as they work well with Heavy Violet.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Heavy Violet palette consists of #646c4f and #6c564f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6c654f). Try Siam and Pine Cone colors in combination with #4f566c, 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 #4f566c 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 Heavy Violet. Thus Axolotl and Ferra giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Heavy Violet contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Soya Bean, Eggplant, and Finlandia split by 90° on the color wheel. #4f566c square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and mid 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. Heavy Violet tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#6c654f) and two others. The Ferra is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cutty Sark – 120° from the complementary Soya Bean. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6c4f56 and #4f6c65.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4f566c is made of 29% red, 32% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Heavy Violet has a hue angle of 225.52°, a saturation of 15.51% and a lightness of 36.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4f566c is made of 11.37% cyan, 8.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 57.65% black ink.

HEX #4f566c
RGB Decimal rgb(79,86,108)
RGB Percentage 29%, 32%, 40%
CMYK 11.37, 8.62, 0, 57.65
HSL hsl(225.52,15.51%,36.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(225.52,26.85%,42.35%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.7443,2.716,-13.5214)
XYZ xyz(9.259,9.4006,15.5138)
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