Kimberly is pale, 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 | #96a278 |
| Complementary Color | #7a875c |
| Color Shade: | warm blue (257.14° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 44.71% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Kimberly Color. The Queen of Sheba 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 Grape Harvest (#807697) for more calm effect. Try Plum Shade as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#7a875c is the best complementary color to Kimberly. 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 #695d87 complementary color is Avocado, 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 Rum are #5c6587 and #7d5c87. Thus found on the left and right of #695d87 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Comet and Trendy Pink colors as they work well with Kimberly.
The split-complementary Kimberly palette consists of #65875c and #877e5c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7a875c). Try Glade Green and Clay Creek colors in combination with #695d87, 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 #695d87 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 Kimberly. Thus Spring Leaves and Cement giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Kimberly contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Avocado, Falcon, and Cutty Sark split by 90° on the color wheel. #695d87 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. Kimberly tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#7a875c) and two others. The Cement is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Smalt Blue – 120° from the complementary Avocado. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #87695c and #5c7a87.
In a RGB color space, hex #695d87 is made of 32% red, 28% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Kimberly has a hue angle of 257.14°, a saturation of 18.42% and a lightness of 44.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #695d87 is made of 11.76% cyan, 16.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.06% black ink.
| HEX | #695d87 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(105,93,135) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 28%, 41% |
| CMYK | 11.76, 16.47, 0, 47.06 |
| HSL | hsl(257.14,18.42%,44.71%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(257.14,31.11%,52.94%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(42.1254,14.2279,-21.6057) |
| XYZ | xyz(14.1132,12.5812,24.6062) |