Foggy Amethyst Color

#57317e

Foggy Amethyst 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 #a8ce81
Complementary Color #587d31
Color Shade: warm blue (269.61° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 34.31% (better contrasting with white)
Foggy Amethyst Color Sample
Foggy Amethyst Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #57317e

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Foggy Amethyst Color. The Sweet Flag color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Poppy Pompadour (#6b3fa0) for more calm effect. Try Violet Indigo as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#587d31 is the best complementary color to Foggy Amethyst. 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 #57317e complementary color is Crete, 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 Eminence are #31317d and #7d317d. Thus found on the left and right of #57317e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Minsk and Plum colors as they work well with Foggy Amethyst.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Foggy Amethyst palette consists of #317d31 and #7d7d31 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#587d31). Try Goblin and Pesto colors in combination with #57317e, 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 #57317e 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 Foggy Amethyst. Thus Sea Green and Old Copper giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Foggy Amethyst contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Crete, Sanguine Brown, and Paradiso split by 90° on the color wheel. #57317e square combo is a palette of warm blue, mid 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. Foggy Amethyst tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#587d31) and two others. The Old Copper is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Chambray – 120° from the complementary Crete. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7d5631 and #31587d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #57317e is made of 33% red, 19% green and 48% blue. In a HSL mode Foggy Amethyst has a hue angle of 269.61°, a saturation of 44% and a lightness of 34.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #57317e is made of 15.29% cyan, 30.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.59% black ink.

HEX #57317e
RGB Decimal rgb(87,49,126)
RGB Percentage 33%, 19%, 48%
CMYK 15.29, 30.19, 0, 50.59
HSL hsl(269.61,44%,34.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(269.61,61.11%,49.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(28.7188,33.3971,-37.3054)
XYZ xyz(8.7947,5.7292,20.381)
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