Gladiola Violet Color

#6e5178

Gladiola Violet is calm, cool-toned shade of violet. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with yellow green, mid cyan or orange

Inverse Color #91ae87
Complementary Color #5b7850
Color Shade: violet (284.62° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 39.41% (better contrasting with white)
Gladiola Violet Color Sample
Gladiola Violet Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6e5178

If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Gladiola Violet Color. The Poetry Mauve color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm blue bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Trendy Pink (#8c6495) for more energetic effect. Try Purplish Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5b7850 is the best complementary color to Gladiola Violet. Yellow green shades generally complement the violet hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6e5178 complementary color is Dingley, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid blue, violet, and mid magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Salt Box are #5a5078 and #78506e. Thus found on the left and right of #6e5178 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Smoky and Falcon colors as they work well with Gladiola Violet.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gladiola Violet palette consists of #50785a and #6e7850 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5b7850). Try Como and Go Ben colors in combination with #6e5178, 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 #6e5178 offers a combination of green cyan and orange shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Gladiola Violet. Thus Cutty Sark and Go Ben giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gladiola Violet contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dingley, Roman Coffee, and Blue Bayoux split by 90° on the color wheel. #6e5178 square combo is a palette of violet, warm red, yellow green and mid 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. Gladiola Violet tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#5b7850) and two others. The Go Ben is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blue Bayoux – 120° from the complementary Dingley. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #786d50 and #505b78.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6e5178 is made of 35% red, 26% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Gladiola Violet has a hue angle of 284.62°, a saturation of 19.4% and a lightness of 39.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6e5178 is made of 3.92% cyan, 15.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 52.94% black ink.

HEX #6e5178
RGB Decimal rgb(110,81,120)
RGB Percentage 35%, 26%, 39%
CMYK 3.92, 15.3, 0, 52.94
HSL hsl(284.62,19.4%,39.41%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(284.62,32.5%,47.06%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.8222,19.7375,-17.5033)
XYZ xyz(12.763,10.5559,19.1341)
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