Blue Purple Color

#5729ce

Blue Purple is deep, cool-toned shade of warm blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool yellow, warm cyan or warm red

Inverse Color #a8d631
Complementary Color #a0ce28
Color Shade: warm blue (256.73° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 48.43% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Purple Color Sample
Blue Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5729ce

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Purple Color. The Blue Depression color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Purple Emperor (#6633bb) for more calm effect. Try Burple as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#a0ce28 is the best complementary color to Blue Purple. Cool yellow shades generally complement the warm blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5729ce complementary color is Atlantis, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool blue, warm blue, and cool magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Purple Heart are #284dce and #a928ce. Thus found on the left and right of #5729ce on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cerulean Blue and Purple Heart colors as they work well with Blue Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Purple palette consists of #4dce28 and #cea928 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a0ce28). Try Lima and Hokey Pokey colors in combination with #5729ce, 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 #5729ce offers a combination of cool green and warm red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Blue Purple. Thus Mountain Meadow and Piper giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Atlantis, Brick Red, and Shamrock split by 90° on the color wheel. #5729ce square combo is a palette of warm blue, cool red, cool yellow and warm 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. Blue Purple tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#a0ce28) and two others. The Piper is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Curious Blue – 120° from the complementary Atlantis. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ce5628 and #28a0ce.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5729ce is made of 26% red, 12% green and 62% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Purple has a hue angle of 256.73°, a saturation of 66.8% and a lightness of 48.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5729ce is made of 46.66% cyan, 64.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black ink.

HEX #5729ce
RGB Decimal rgb(87,41,206)
RGB Percentage 26%, 12%, 62%
CMYK 46.66, 64.7, 0, 19.22
HSL hsl(256.73,66.8%,48.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(256.73,80.1%,80.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(34.1248,59.2375,-76.7351)
XYZ xyz(15.864,8.0683,59.1137)
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