Dark Prince Color

#6b6c89

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

Inverse Color #949376
Complementary Color #89886a
Color Shade: cool blue (238° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 47.84% (better contrasting with white)
Dark Prince Color Sample
Dark Prince Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6b6c89

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Dark Prince Color. The Soft Charcoal color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Majestic Mount (#7c8091) for more calm effect. Try Script Ink as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#89886a is the best complementary color to Dark Prince. 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 #6b6c89 complementary color is Bandicoot, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Storm Gray are #6a7a89 and #786a89. Thus found on the left and right of #6b6c89 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Slate Gray and Rum colors as they work well with Dark Prince.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dark Prince palette consists of #7a896a and #89796a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#89886a). Try Camouflage Green and Makara colors in combination with #6b6c89, 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 #6b6c89 offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Dark Prince. Thus Glade Green and Opium giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dark Prince contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bandicoot, Falcon, and Viridian Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #6b6c89 square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm 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. Dark Prince tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#89886a) and two others. The Opium is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Juniper – 120° from the complementary Bandicoot. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #896a6b and #6a8988.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6b6c89 is made of 30% red, 31% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Dark Prince has a hue angle of 238°, a saturation of 12.3% and a lightness of 47.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6b6c89 is made of 11.77% cyan, 11.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 46.27% black ink.

HEX #6b6c89
RGB Decimal rgb(107,108,137)
RGB Percentage 30%, 31%, 39%
CMYK 11.77, 11.38, 0, 46.27
HSL hsl(238,12.3%,47.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(238,21.9%,53.73%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.5213,6.2509,-16.0435)
XYZ xyz(15.9413,15.6571,25.8488)
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