Berry Pie Color

#4f6d8e

Berry Pie is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #b09271
Complementary Color #8e704f
Color Shade: blue cyan (211.43° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 43.33% (better contrasting with white)
Berry Pie Color Sample
Berry Pie Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4f6d8e

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Berry Pie Color. The Ship's Harbour color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Lakeville (#6c849b) for more calm effect. Try Moody Indigo as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8e704f is the best complementary color to Berry Pie. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4f6d8e complementary color is Shadow, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Kashmir Blue are #4f8c8e and #504f8e. Thus found on the left and right of #4f6d8e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Smalt Blue and Butterfly Bush colors as they work well with Berry Pie.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Berry Pie palette consists of #8c8e4f and #8e504f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8e704f). Try Shadow and Copper Rust colors in combination with #4f6d8e, 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 #4f6d8e offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Berry Pie. Thus Asparagus and Cannon Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Berry Pie contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shadow, Strikemaster, and Hippie Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #4f6d8e square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange 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. Berry Pie tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#8e704f) and two others. The Cannon Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Viridian – 120° from the complementary Shadow. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8e4f6c and #4f8e70.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4f6d8e is made of 24% red, 33% green and 43% blue. In a HSL mode Berry Pie has a hue angle of 211.43°, a saturation of 28.51% and a lightness of 43.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4f6d8e is made of 24.71% cyan, 12.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #4f6d8e
RGB Decimal rgb(79,109,142)
RGB Percentage 24%, 33%, 43%
CMYK 24.71, 12.94, 0, 44.31
HSL hsl(211.43,28.51%,43.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(211.43,44.37%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.0151,-1.6338,-21.5052)
XYZ xyz(13.5756,14.5525,27.6846)
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