Astro Purple Color

#6d5acf

Astro Purple is vivid, cool-toned shade of mid blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, green cyan or mid red

Inverse Color #92a530
Complementary Color #bccf5a
Color Shade: mid blue (249.74° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 58.24% (better contrasting with white)
Astro Purple Color Sample
Astro Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6d5acf

If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Astro Purple Color. The Dragonlord Purple color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Blue With A Hint Of Purple (#533cc6) for more calm effect. Try Blurple as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bccf5a is the best complementary color to Astro Purple. Mid yellow shades generally complement the mid blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6d5acf complementary color is Turmeric, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of blue cyan, mid blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Blue Marguerite are #5a81cf and #a75acf. Thus found on the left and right of #6d5acf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Danube and Amethyst colors as they work well with Astro Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Astro Purple palette consists of #81cf5a and #cfa75a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bccf5a). Try Mantis and Sundance colors in combination with #6d5acf, 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 #6d5acf offers a combination of mid green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Astro Purple. Thus Emerald and Chestnut Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Astro Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Turmeric, Mulberry, and Downy split by 90° on the color wheel. #6d5acf square combo is a palette of mid blue, red magenta, mid yellow and green cyan 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. Astro Purple tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#bccf5a) and two others. The Chestnut Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shakespeare – 120° from the complementary Turmeric. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cf6c5a and #5abbcf.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6d5acf is made of 27% red, 22% green and 51% blue. In a HSL mode Astro Purple has a hue angle of 249.74°, a saturation of 54.93% and a lightness of 58.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6d5acf is made of 38.43% cyan, 45.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black ink.

HEX #6d5acf
RGB Decimal rgb(109,90,207)
RGB Percentage 27%, 22%, 51%
CMYK 38.43, 45.89, 0, 18.82
HSL hsl(249.74,54.93%,58.24%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(249.74,56.52%,81.18%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.7279,37.28,-58.2858)
XYZ xyz(21.2253,15.0685,60.8213)
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