Blue Marguerite Color

#6a5bb1

Blue Marguerite is soft, 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 #95a44e
Complementary Color #a1b15a
Color Shade: mid blue (250.47° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 52.55% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Marguerite Color Sample
Blue Marguerite Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6a5bb1

If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Marguerite Color. The Swiss Plum 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 Lavish Spending (#8469bc) for more energetic effect. Try Purple Corallite as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a1b15a is the best complementary color to Blue Marguerite. 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 #6a5bb1 complementary color is Olive Green, 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 Blue Violet are #5a76b1 and #955ab1. Thus found on the left and right of #6a5bb1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wedgewood and Wisteria colors as they work well with Blue Marguerite.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Marguerite palette consists of #76b15a and #b1955a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a1b15a). Try Chelsea Cucumber and Teak colors in combination with #6a5bb1, 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 #6a5bb1 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 Marguerite. Thus Fern and Santa Fe giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Marguerite contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Olive Green, Tapestry, and Silver Tree split by 90° on the color wheel. #6a5bb1 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. Blue Marguerite tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#a1b15a) and two others. The Santa Fe is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hippie Blue – 120° from the complementary Olive Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b16a5a and #5aa1b1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6a5bb1 is made of 28% red, 24% green and 47% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Marguerite has a hue angle of 250.47°, a saturation of 35.54% and a lightness of 52.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6a5bb1 is made of 27.84% cyan, 33.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 30.59% black ink.

HEX #6a5bb1
RGB Decimal rgb(106,91,177)
RGB Percentage 28%, 24%, 47%
CMYK 27.84, 33.72, 0, 30.59
HSL hsl(250.47,35.54%,52.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(250.47,48.59%,69.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.8296,27.2146,-43.9371)
XYZ xyz(17.6208,13.7207,43.3146)
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