Prince Royal Color

#60606f

Prince Royal is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or mid red

Inverse Color #9f9f90
Complementary Color #6f6f5f
Color Shade: cool blue (240° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 40.59% (better contrasting with white)
Prince Royal Color Sample
Prince Royal Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #60606f

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Prince Royal Color. The Celluloid color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Brewing Storm (#777788) for more calm effect. Try Twilight Purple as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6f6f5f is the best complementary color to Prince Royal. 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 #60606f complementary color is Kokoda, 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 Mid Gray are #5f676f and #675f6f. Thus found on the left and right of #60606f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Shuttle Gray and Salt Box colors as they work well with Prince Royal.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Prince Royal palette consists of #676f5f and #6f675f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6f6f5f). Try Willow Grove and Flint colors in combination with #60606f, 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 #60606f offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Prince Royal. Thus Finlandia and Scorpion giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Prince Royal contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kokoda, Scorpion, and Corduroy split by 90° on the color wheel. #60606f 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. Prince Royal tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#6f6f5f) and two others. The Scorpion 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 #6f5f5f and #5f6f6f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #60606f is made of 32% red, 32% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Prince Royal has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 7.25% and a lightness of 40.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #60606f is made of 5.88% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 56.47% black ink.

HEX #60606f
RGB Decimal rgb(96,96,111)
RGB Percentage 32%, 32%, 37%
CMYK 5.88, 5.88, 0, 56.47
HSL hsl(240,7.25%,40.59%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(240,13.51%,43.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(41.2165,3.3429,-8.4705)
XYZ xyz(11.876,12.0002,16.7293)
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