Blue Potato 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 | #9b9e84 |
| Complementary Color | #777b61 |
| Color Shade: | mid blue (246.92° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 43.14% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Potato Color. The Kimono Violet color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Kimberly (#736c9f) for more energetic effect. Try Brewing Storm as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#777b61 is the best complementary color to Blue Potato. 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 #64617b complementary color is Limed Ash, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of blue cyan, mid blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Dolphin are #616a7b and #71617b. Thus found on the left and right of #64617b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Shuttle Gray and Salt Box colors as they work well with Blue Potato.
The split-complementary Blue Potato palette consists of #6a7b61 and #7b7161 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#777b61). Try Willow Grove and Pablo colors in combination with #64617b, 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 #64617b 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 Blue Potato. Thus Glade Green and Sand Dune giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Potato contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Limed Ash, Falcon, and Viridian Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #64617b square combo is a palette of mid blue, red magenta, mid yellow and green cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Blue Potato tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#777b61) and two others. The Sand Dune is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Nevada – 120° from the complementary Limed Ash. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7b6461 and #61777b.
In a RGB color space, hex #64617b is made of 31% red, 30% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Potato has a hue angle of 246.92°, a saturation of 11.82% and a lightness of 43.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #64617b is made of 9.02% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 51.76% black ink.
| HEX | #64617b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(100,97,123) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 30%, 38% |
| CMYK | 9.02, 10.2, 0, 51.76 |
| HSL | hsl(246.92,11.82%,43.14%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(246.92,21.14%,48.24%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(42.2905,7.0573,-14.1232) |
| XYZ | xyz(13.1054,12.6888,20.4973) |