Kickstart Purple Color

#7777cc

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

Inverse Color #883
Complementary Color #cbcc76
Color Shade: cool blue (240° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 63.33% (better contrasting with white)
Kickstart Purple Color Sample
Kickstart Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7777cc

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Kickstart Purple Color. The Ultra Violet color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Bluish Purple Anemone (#6666bb) for more calm effect. Try Borage Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#cbcc76 is the best complementary color to Kickstart Purple. Mid yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #77c complementary color is Wild Willow, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #76a1cc and #a176cc. Thus found on the left and right of #77c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Polo Blue and Amethyst colors as they work well with Kickstart Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Kickstart Purple palette consists of #a1cc76 and #cca176 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cbcc76). Try Wild Willow and Laser colors in combination with #77c, 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 #77c offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Kickstart Purple. Thus Mantis and Contessa giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Kickstart Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wild Willow, Hopbush, and Vista Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #77c square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, mid yellow and cool green 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. Kickstart Purple tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#cbcc76) and two others. The Contessa is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Monte Carlo – 120° from the complementary Wild Willow. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cc7676 and #76cbcc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7777cc is made of 27% red, 27% green and 46% blue. In a HSL mode Kickstart Purple has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 45.45% and a lightness of 63.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7777cc is made of 33.33% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #7777cc
RGB Decimal rgb(119,119,204)
RGB Percentage 27%, 27%, 46%
CMYK 33.33, 33.33, 0, 20
HSL hsl(240,45.45%,63.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(240,41.67%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(53.4657,21.3801,-44.1533)
XYZ xyz(25.1037,21.4752,59.9488)
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