Butterfly Bush is soft, cool-toned shade of warm blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool yellow, warm cyan or mid red
| Inverse Color | #9db165 |
| Complementary Color | #869a4e |
| Color Shade: | warm blue (255.79° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 45.49% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Butterfly Bush Color. The Genestealer Purple 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 Scampi (#6f63a0) for more calm effect. Try Deluge as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#869a4e is the best complementary color to Butterfly Bush. 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 #624e9a complementary color is Asparagus, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool blue, warm blue, and cool magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Butterfly Bush are #4e5f9a and #884e9a. Thus found on the left and right of #624e9a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Kashmir Blue and Affair colors as they work well with Butterfly Bush.
The split-complementary Butterfly Bush palette consists of #5f9a4e and #9a874e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#869a4e). Try Fruit Salad and Barley Corn colors in combination with #624e9a, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #624e9a offers a combination of cool green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Butterfly Bush. Thus Fruit Salad and Cape Palliser giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Butterfly Bush contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Asparagus, Copper Rust, and Breaker Bay split by 90° on the color wheel. #624e9a square combo is a palette of warm blue, cool red, cool yellow and warm cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Butterfly Bush tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#869a4e) and two others. The Cape Palliser is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Wedgewood – 120° from the complementary Asparagus. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9a614e and #4e859a.
In a RGB color space, hex #624e9a is made of 30% red, 24% green and 47% blue. In a HSL mode Butterfly Bush has a hue angle of 255.79°, a saturation of 32.76% and a lightness of 45.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #624e9a is made of 21.96% cyan, 29.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 39.61% black ink.
| HEX | #624e9a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(98,78,154) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 24%, 47% |
| CMYK | 21.96, 29.8, 0, 39.61 |
| HSL | hsl(255.79,32.76%,45.49%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(255.79,49.35%,60.39%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(38.5134,26.5099,-38.7871) |
| XYZ | xyz(13.5941,10.3785,31.8586) |