Lakeville Color

#6c849b

Lakeville is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #937b64
Complementary Color #9a836c
Color Shade: cool cyan (209.36° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 51.57% (better contrasting with white)
Lakeville Color Sample
Lakeville Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6c849b

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Lakeville Color. The Lost at Sea color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Clooney (#5f6c84) for more calm effect. Try Canadian Lake as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9a836c is the best complementary color to Lakeville. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6c849b complementary color is Arrowtown, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Lynch are #6c9a9a and #6c6c9a. Thus found on the left and right of #6c849b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Juniper and Kimberly colors as they work well with Lakeville.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Lakeville palette consists of #9a9a6c and #9a6c6c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9a836c). Try Gurkha and Copper Rose colors in combination with #6c849b, 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 #6c849b offers a combination of yellow green and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Lakeville. Thus Battleship Gray and Strikemaster giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Lakeville contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Arrowtown, Strikemaster, and Laurel split by 90° on the color wheel. #6c849b square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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. Lakeville tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#9a836c) and two others. The Strikemaster is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Oxley – 120° from the complementary Arrowtown. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9a6c83 and #6c9a83.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6c849b is made of 27% red, 33% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Lakeville has a hue angle of 209.36°, a saturation of 19.03% and a lightness of 51.57%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6c849b is made of 18.43% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 39.22% black ink.

HEX #6c849b
RGB Decimal rgb(108,132,155)
RGB Percentage 27%, 33%, 39%
CMYK 18.43, 9.02, 0, 39.22
HSL hsl(209.36,19.03%,51.57%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(209.36,30.32%,60.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(54.0877,-2.9723,-15.1047)
XYZ xyz(20.352,22.0572,34.1952)
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