Purple Emperor 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 | #9c4 |
| Complementary Color | #87bb33 |
| Color Shade: | warm blue (262.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 46.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Emperor Color. The Purple Heart color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Rebecca Purple (#663399) for more calm effect. Try Lucid Dream as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#87bb33 is the best complementary color to Purple Emperor. 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 #63b complementary color is Sushi, 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 White are #3343bb and #a933bb. Thus found on the left and right of #63b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Governor Bay and Purple Heart colors as they work well with Purple Emperor.
The split-complementary Purple Emperor palette consists of #4b3 and #ba3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#87bb33). Try White and White colors in combination with #63b, 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 #63b 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 Purple Emperor. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Purple Emperor contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sushi, White, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #63b 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. Purple Emperor tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#87bb33) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Boston Blue – 120° from the complementary Sushi. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b63 and #3387bb.
In a RGB color space, hex #6633bb is made of 30% red, 15% green and 55% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Emperor has a hue angle of 262.5°, a saturation of 57.14% and a lightness of 46.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6633bb is made of 33.33% cyan, 53.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black ink.
| HEX | #6633bb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(102,51,187) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 15%, 55% |
| CMYK | 33.33, 53.33, 0, 26.67 |
| HSL | hsl(262.5,57.14%,46.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(262.5,72.73%,73.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(35.5578,51.7179,-63.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(15.633,8.7803,47.8845) |