Madam Butterfly Color

#7ca7cb

Madam Butterfly is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #835834
Complementary Color #ca9f7c
Color Shade: cool cyan (207.34° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 64.12% (better contrasting with white)
Madam Butterfly Color Sample
Madam Butterfly Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7ca7cb

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Madam Butterfly Color. The Faded Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Debutante Ball (#6e8dbb) for more calm effect. Try Silver Lake Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ca9f7c is the best complementary color to Madam Butterfly. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7ca7cb complementary color is Tan, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Polo Blue are #7ccac7 and #7c7fca. Thus found on the left and right of #7ca7cb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Monte Carlo and Moody Blue colors as they work well with Madam Butterfly.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Madam Butterfly palette consists of #cac77c and #ca7c7f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ca9f7c). Try Wild Willow and Contessa colors in combination with #7ca7cb, 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 #7ca7cb offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Madam Butterfly. Thus Wild Willow and Puce giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Madam Butterfly contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tan, East Side, and De York split by 90° on the color wheel. #7ca7cb square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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. Madam Butterfly tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ca9f7c) and two others. The Puce is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and De York – 120° from the complementary Tan. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ca7ca6 and #7cca9f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7ca7cb is made of 25% red, 34% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Madam Butterfly has a hue angle of 207.34°, a saturation of 43.17% and a lightness of 64.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7ca7cb is made of 30.98% cyan, 14.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black ink.

HEX #7ca7cb
RGB Decimal rgb(124,167,203)
RGB Percentage 25%, 34%, 41%
CMYK 30.98, 14.12, 0, 20.39
HSL hsl(207.34,43.17%,64.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(207.34,38.92%,79.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(66.6986,-5.3561,-22.9719)
XYZ xyz(32.9104,36.2343,61.7593)
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