Purple Sapphire is soft, cool-toned shade of violet. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with yellow green, mid cyan or orange
| Inverse Color | #90b97a |
| Complementary Color | #5c8546 |
| Color Shade: | violet (279.05° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 39.8% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Sapphire Color. The Damson Mauve color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called When Blue Met Red (#584165) for more calm effect. Try Majesty as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#5c8546 is the best complementary color to Purple Sapphire. Yellow green shades generally complement the violet hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6f4685 complementary color is Hippie Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid blue, violet, and mid magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Affair are #4f4685 and #85467b. Thus found on the left and right of #6f4685 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Victoria and Cannon Pink colors as they work well with Purple Sapphire.
The split-complementary Purple Sapphire palette consists of #46854f and #7b8546 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5c8546). Try Goblin and Dingley colors in combination with #6f4685, 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 #6f4685 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 Purple Sapphire. Thus Viridian and Shadow giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Purple Sapphire contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Hippie Green, Spicy Mix, and Bismark split by 90° on the color wheel. #6f4685 square combo is a palette of violet, mid red, yellow green and mid cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Purple Sapphire tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#5c8546) and two others. The Shadow is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and East Bay – 120° from the complementary Hippie Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #856e46 and #465c85.
In a RGB color space, hex #6f4685 is made of 35% red, 22% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Sapphire has a hue angle of 279.05°, a saturation of 31.03% and a lightness of 39.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6f4685 is made of 8.63% cyan, 24.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.84% black ink.
| HEX | #6f4685 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(111,70,133) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 22%, 42% |
| CMYK | 8.63, 24.71, 0, 47.84 |
| HSL | hsl(279.05,31.03%,39.8%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(279.05,47.37%,52.16%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(36.8428,29.7082,-28.5715) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.9793,9.4533,23.3309) |