Bureaucracy Color

#746c8f

Bureaucracy is pale, 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 #8b9370
Complementary Color #878f6b
Color Shade: mid blue (253.71° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 49.22% (better contrasting with white)
Bureaucracy Color Sample
Bureaucracy Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #746c8f

If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Bureaucracy Color. The Mountain Iris color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Spike (#656271) for more calm effect. Try Wool Violet as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#878f6b is the best complementary color to Bureaucracy. 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 #746c8f complementary color is Avocado, 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 Rum are #6b758f and #856b8f. Thus found on the left and right of #746c8f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Slate Gray and Rum colors as they work well with Bureaucracy.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bureaucracy palette consists of #758f6b and #8f856b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#878f6b). Try Highland and Arrowtown colors in combination with #746c8f, 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 #746c8f 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 Bureaucracy. Thus Viridian Green and Almond Frost giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bureaucracy contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Avocado, Opium, and Juniper split by 90° on the color wheel. #746c8f 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. Bureaucracy tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#878f6b) and two others. The Almond Frost is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Juniper – 120° from the complementary Avocado. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8f746b and #6b878f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #746c8f is made of 32% red, 29% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Bureaucracy has a hue angle of 253.71°, a saturation of 13.94% and a lightness of 49.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #746c8f is made of 10.59% cyan, 13.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 43.92% black ink.

HEX #746c8f
RGB Decimal rgb(116,108,143)
RGB Percentage 32%, 29%, 39%
CMYK 10.59, 13.73, 0, 43.92
HSL hsl(253.71,13.94%,49.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(253.71,24.48%,56.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.5224,10.7689,-18.0129)
XYZ xyz(17.5229,16.4213,28.2327)
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