Purple Silhouette Color

#776d90

Purple Silhouette is pale, cool-toned shade of warm blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool yellow, warm cyan or warm red

Inverse Color #88926f
Complementary Color #85906c
Color Shade: warm blue (257.14° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 49.61% (better contrasting with white)
Purple Silhouette Color Sample
Purple Silhouette Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #776d90

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Silhouette Color. The Berry Syrup color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Virtual Violet (#66537f) for more energetic effect. Try Spike as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#85906c is the best complementary color to Purple Silhouette. Cool yellow shades generally complement the warm blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #776d90 complementary color is Battleship Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool blue, warm blue, and cool magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Rum are #6c7490 and #886c90. Thus found on the left and right of #776d90 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Slate Gray and Trendy Pink colors as they work well with Purple Silhouette.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Purple Silhouette palette consists of #74906c and #90886c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#85906c). Try Highland and Arrowtown colors in combination with #776d90, 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 #776d90 offers a combination of cool green and warm red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Purple Silhouette. Thus Viridian Green and Almond Frost giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Purple Silhouette contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Battleship Gray, Opium, and Juniper split by 90° on the color wheel. #776d90 square combo is a palette of warm blue, cool red, cool yellow and warm 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. Purple Silhouette tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#85906c) and two others. The Almond Frost is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Slate Gray – 120° from the complementary Battleship Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #90776c and #6c8590.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #776d90 is made of 32% red, 29% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Silhouette has a hue angle of 257.14°, a saturation of 13.83% and a lightness of 49.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #776d90 is made of 9.8% cyan, 13.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 43.53% black ink.

HEX #776d90
RGB Decimal rgb(119,109,144)
RGB Percentage 32%, 29%, 39%
CMYK 9.8, 13.72, 0, 43.53
HSL hsl(257.14,13.83%,49.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(257.14,24.31%,56.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(48.0994,11.4273,-17.6999)
XYZ xyz(18.1104,16.8728,28.6878)
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