Great Grape 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 | #94927a |
Complementary Color | #85836a |
Color Shade: | cool blue (235.38° hue) |
Color Temperature: | cool |
Lightness: | 47.06% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Great Grape Color. The Velvet Curtain 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 Formal Affair (#848391) for more calm effect. Try Clairvoyance as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#85836a is the best complementary color to Great Grape. 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 #6b6d85 complementary color is Bandicoot, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #6a7985 and #756a85. Thus found on the left and right of #6b6d85 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pale Sky and Rum colors as they work well with Great Grape.
The split-complementary Great Grape palette consists of #79856a and #85756a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#85836a). Try Camouflage Green and Americano colors in combination with #6b6d85, 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 #6b6d85 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 Great Grape. Thus Glade Green and Spicy Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Great Grape contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bandicoot, Falcon, and Viridian Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #6b6d85 square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Great Grape tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#85836a) and two others. The Spicy Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sirocco – 120° from the complementary Bandicoot. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #856a6d and #6a8583.
In a RGB color space, hex #6b6d85 is made of 31% red, 31% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Great Grape has a hue angle of 235.38°, a saturation of 10.83% and a lightness of 47.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6b6d85 is made of 10.2% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.84% black ink.
HEX | #6b6d85 |
RGB Decimal | rgb(107,109,133) |
RGB Percentage | 31%, 31%, 38% |
CMYK | 10.2, 9.41, 0, 47.84 |
HSL | hsl(235.38,10.83%,47.06%) |
HSV (or HSB) | hsv(235.38,19.55%,52.16%) |
CIE-LAB | lab(46.6534,4.6649,-13.4585) |
XYZ | xyz(15.7657,15.7565,24.4007) |