Harajuku Girl Color

#504a6f

Harajuku Girl is calm, cool-toned shade of mid blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, green cyan or mid red

Inverse Color #afb590
Complementary Color #696f4a
Color Shade: mid blue (249.73° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 36.27% (better contrasting with white)
Harajuku Girl Color Sample
Harajuku Girl Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #504a6f

If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Harajuku Girl Color. The Loom of Fate color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Blue Potato (#64617b) for more calm effect. Try Purple Gumball as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#696f4a is the best complementary color to Harajuku Girl. Mid yellow shades generally complement the mid blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #504a6f complementary color is Finch, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of blue cyan, mid blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Mulled Wine are #4a566f and #624a6f. Thus found on the left and right of #504a6f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fiord and Mulled Wine colors as they work well with Harajuku Girl.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Harajuku Girl palette consists of #566f4a and #6f624a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#696f4a). Try Axolotl and Tobacco Brown colors in combination with #504a6f, 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 #504a6f offers a combination of mid green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Harajuku Girl. Thus Axolotl and Ferra giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Harajuku Girl contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Finch, Ferra, and Como split by 90° on the color wheel. #504a6f square combo is a palette of mid blue, red magenta, mid yellow and green cyan 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. Harajuku Girl tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#696f4a) and two others. The Ferra is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cutty Sark – 120° from the complementary Finch. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6f504a and #4a696f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #504a6f is made of 30% red, 28% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Harajuku Girl has a hue angle of 249.73°, a saturation of 20% and a lightness of 36.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #504a6f is made of 12.16% cyan, 14.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 56.47% black ink.

HEX #504a6f
RGB Decimal rgb(80,74,111)
RGB Percentage 30%, 28%, 42%
CMYK 12.16, 14.51, 0, 56.47
HSL hsl(249.73,20%,36.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(249.73,33.33%,43.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(33.4583,11.5155,-20.4433)
XYZ xyz(8.6263,7.7507,16.0803)
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