Charcoal Plum Color

#6a6a6f

Charcoal Plum is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or mid red

Inverse Color #959590
Complementary Color #6f6f6a
Color Shade: cool blue (240° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 42.55% (better contrasting with white)
Charcoal Plum Color Sample
Charcoal Plum Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6a6a6f

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Charcoal Plum Color. The Purple Daze color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Lunar Outpost (#828287) for more calm effect. Try Stormy Mauve as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6f6f6a is the best complementary color to Charcoal Plum. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6a6a6f complementary color is Ironside Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of blue cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Mid Gray are #6a6c6f and #6c6a6f. Thus found on the left and right of #6a6a6f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Nevada and Salt Box colors as they work well with Charcoal Plum.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Charcoal Plum palette consists of #6c6f6a and #6f6c6a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6f6f6a). Try Willow Grove and Dove Gray colors in combination with #6a6a6f, 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 #6a6a6f offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Charcoal Plum. Thus Corduroy and Dove Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Charcoal Plum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ironside Gray, Scorpion, and Corduroy split by 90° on the color wheel. #6a6a6f square combo is a palette of cool blue, red magenta, warm yellow and cool green 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. Charcoal Plum tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#6f6f6a) and two others. The Dove Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Nevada – 120° from the complementary Ironside Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6f6a6a and #6a6f6f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6a6a6f is made of 33% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Charcoal Plum has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 2.3% and a lightness of 42.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6a6a6f is made of 1.96% cyan, 1.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 56.47% black ink.

HEX #6a6a6f
RGB Decimal rgb(106,106,111)
RGB Percentage 33%, 33%, 34%
CMYK 1.96, 1.96, 0, 56.47
HSL hsl(240,2.3%,42.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(240,4.5%,43.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(44.9695,1.0518,-2.7966)
XYZ xyz(13.9671,14.5199,17.1054)
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