Butterfly Bush is calm, 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 | #97a873 |
| Complementary Color | #7a8c57 |
| Color Shade: | warm blue (259.25° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 44.51% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Butterfly Bush Color. The Purple Silhouette 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 Nymph's Delight (#7b6c8e) for more calm effect. Try Ornate as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#7a8c57 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 #68578c 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 #57608c and #82578c. Thus found on the left and right of #68578c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Waikawa Gray and Trendy Pink colors as they work well with Butterfly Bush.
The split-complementary Butterfly Bush palette consists of #608c57 and #8c8257 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7a8c57). Try Hippie Green and Clay Creek colors in combination with #68578c, 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 #68578c 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 Butterfly Bush. Thus Spring Leaves and Beaver giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Butterfly Bush contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Asparagus, Au Chico, and Patina split by 90° on the color wheel. #68578c 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 (#7a8c57) and two others. The Beaver is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Smalt Blue – 120° from the complementary Asparagus. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8c6857 and #577a8c.
In a RGB color space, hex #68578c is made of 31% red, 26% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Butterfly Bush has a hue angle of 259.25°, a saturation of 23.35% and a lightness of 44.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #68578c is made of 14.12% cyan, 20.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.1% black ink.
| HEX | #68578c |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(104,87,140) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 26%, 42% |
| CMYK | 14.12, 20.78, 0, 45.1 |
| HSL | hsl(259.25,23.35%,44.51%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(259.25,37.86%,54.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(40.659,18.8965,-26.9148) |
| XYZ | xyz(13.8507,11.6529,26.3302) |