Deep Lavender Color

#565a7d

Deep Lavender is pale, 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 #a9a582
Complementary Color #7d7955
Color Shade: cool blue (233.85° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 41.37% (better contrasting with white)
Deep Lavender Color Sample
Deep Lavender Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #565a7d

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Deep Lavender Color. The Raven Night color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Deep Larkspur (#687189) for more calm effect. Try Receding Night as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7d7955 is the best complementary color to Deep Lavender. 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 #565a7d complementary color is Go Ben, 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 Comet are #556d7d and #65557d. Thus found on the left and right of #565a7d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue Bayoux and Smoky colors as they work well with Deep Lavender.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Deep Lavender palette consists of #6d7d55 and #7d6555 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7d7955). Try Limed Ash and Roman Coffee colors in combination with #565a7d, 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 #565a7d 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 Deep Lavender. Thus Glade Green and Russett giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Deep Lavender contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Go Ben, Falcon, and Como split by 90° on the color wheel. #565a7d 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. Deep Lavender tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#7d7955) and two others. The Russett is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cutty Sark – 120° from the complementary Go Ben. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7d5559 and #557d79.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #565a7d is made of 29% red, 30% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Deep Lavender has a hue angle of 233.85°, a saturation of 18.48% and a lightness of 41.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #565a7d is made of 15.29% cyan, 13.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.98% black ink.

HEX #565a7d
RGB Decimal rgb(86,90,125)
RGB Percentage 29%, 30%, 42%
CMYK 15.29, 13.73, 0, 50.98
HSL hsl(233.85,18.48%,41.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(233.85,31.2%,49.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.1928,7.1978,-20.1933)
XYZ xyz(11.1956,10.7714,20.8911)
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