Twilight Purple Color

#66648b

Twilight 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 #999b74
Complementary Color #898b63
Color Shade: mid blue (243.08° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 46.86% (better contrasting with white)
Twilight Purple Color Sample
Twilight Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #66648b

If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Twilight Purple Color. The Purple Berry color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Minuet Lilac (#777ba9) for more energetic effect. Try Ash Mauve as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#898b63 is the best complementary color to Twilight 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 #66648b complementary color is Avocado, 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 Dolphin are #63758b and #79638b. Thus found on the left and right of #66648b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lynch and Rum colors as they work well with Twilight Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Twilight Purple palette consists of #758b63 and #8b7963 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#898b63). Try Highland and Cement colors in combination with #66648b, 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 #66648b 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 Twilight Purple. Thus Glade Green and Copper Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Twilight Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Avocado, Falcon, and Viridian Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #66648b 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. Twilight Purple tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#898b63) and two others. The Copper Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Juniper – 120° from the complementary Avocado. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8b6563 and #63898b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #66648b is made of 30% red, 29% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Twilight Purple has a hue angle of 243.08°, a saturation of 16.32% and a lightness of 46.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #66648b is made of 14.51% cyan, 15.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.49% black ink.

HEX #66648b
RGB Decimal rgb(102,100,139)
RGB Percentage 30%, 29%, 41%
CMYK 14.51, 15.29, 0, 45.49
HSL hsl(243.08,16.32%,46.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(243.08,28.06%,54.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.9494,9.9664,-21.2191)
XYZ xyz(14.6969,13.8032,26.3158)
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