Night Thistle Color

#6b7ba7

Night Thistle is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #948458
Complementary Color #a7976a
Color Shade: blue cyan (224° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 53.73% (better contrasting with white)
Night Thistle Color Sample
Night Thistle Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6b7ba7

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Night Thistle Color. The Clooney color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Champion Blue (#606788) for more calm effect. Try Spaceman as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a7976a is the best complementary color to Night Thistle. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6b7ba7 complementary color is Sandal, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Hoki are #6a99a7 and #796aa7. Thus found on the left and right of #6b7ba7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gothic and Deluge colors as they work well with Night Thistle.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Night Thistle palette consists of #99a76a and #a7796a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a7976a). Try Green Smoke and Coral Tree colors in combination with #6b7ba7, 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 #6b7ba7 offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Night Thistle. Thus Asparagus and Coral Tree giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Night Thistle contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sandal, Bouquet, and Aqua Forest split by 90° on the color wheel. #6b7ba7 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Night Thistle tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#a7976a) and two others. The Coral Tree is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Breaker Bay – 120° from the complementary Sandal. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a76a7a and #6aa797.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6b7ba7 is made of 27% red, 31% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Night Thistle has a hue angle of 224°, a saturation of 25.42% and a lightness of 53.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6b7ba7 is made of 23.53% cyan, 17.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.51% black ink.

HEX #6b7ba7
RGB Decimal rgb(107,123,167)
RGB Percentage 27%, 31%, 42%
CMYK 23.53, 17.25, 0, 34.51
HSL hsl(224,25.42%,53.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(224,35.93%,65.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(51.9295,5.1962,-25.3697)
XYZ xyz(20.1214,20.0817,39.3749)
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