Luscious Purple Color

#605c71

Luscious Purple is pale, 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 #9fa38e
Complementary Color #6d715c
Color Shade: mid blue (251.43° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 40.2% (better contrasting with white)
Luscious Purple Color Sample
Luscious Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #605c71

If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Luscious Purple Color. The Plum Shade color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Purple Silhouette (#776d90) for more energetic effect. Try Flying Carpet as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6d715c is the best complementary color to Luscious Purple. 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 #605c71 complementary color is Kokoda, 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 Smoky are #5c6271 and #6a5c71. Thus found on the left and right of #605c71 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Shuttle Gray and Salt Box colors as they work well with Luscious Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Luscious Purple palette consists of #62715c and #716a5c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6d715c). Try Willow Grove and Pablo colors in combination with #605c71, 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 #605c71 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 Luscious Purple. Thus Finlandia and Dorado giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Luscious Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kokoda, Zambezi, and Corduroy split by 90° on the color wheel. #605c71 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. Luscious Purple tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#6d715c) and two others. The Dorado is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Nevada – 120° from the complementary Kokoda. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #71605c and #5c6d71.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #605c71 is made of 32% red, 31% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Luscious Purple has a hue angle of 251.43°, a saturation of 10.24% and a lightness of 40.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #605c71 is made of 6.66% cyan, 8.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 55.69% black ink.

HEX #605c71
RGB Decimal rgb(96,92,113)
RGB Percentage 32%, 31%, 38%
CMYK 6.66, 8.23, 0, 55.69
HSL hsl(251.43,10.24%,40.2%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(251.43,18.58%,44.31%)
CIE-LAB lab(40.1363,6.2726,-11.3226)
XYZ xyz(11.6317,11.3333,17.1973)
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