Dark Lavender Color

#856798

Dark Lavender is calm, cool-toned shade of violet. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with yellow green, mid cyan or orange

Inverse Color #7a9867
Complementary Color #799867
Color Shade: violet (276.73° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Dark Lavender Color Sample
Dark Lavender Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #856798

If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Dark Lavender Color. The Zimidar color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Lilac Intuition (#9a7ea7) for more calm effect. Try Fujinezumi as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#799867 is the best complementary color to Dark Lavender. Yellow green shades generally complement the violet hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #856798 complementary color is Highland, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid blue, violet, and mid magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Trendy Pink are #6c6798 and #986792. Thus found on the left and right of #856798 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Kimberly and Strikemaster colors as they work well with Dark Lavender.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dark Lavender palette consists of #67986c and #929867 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#799867). Try Highland and Avocado colors in combination with #856798, 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 #856798 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 Dark Lavender. Thus Patina and Arrowtown giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dark Lavender contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Highland, Copper Rose, and Juniper split by 90° on the color wheel. #856798 square combo is a palette of violet, mid red, yellow green and mid 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. Dark Lavender tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#799867) and two others. The Arrowtown is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lynch – 120° from the complementary Highland. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #988567 and #677998.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #856798 is made of 34% red, 27% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Dark Lavender has a hue angle of 276.73°, a saturation of 19.22% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #856798 is made of 7.45% cyan, 19.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 40.39% black ink.

HEX #856798
RGB Decimal rgb(133,103,152)
RGB Percentage 34%, 27%, 39%
CMYK 7.45, 19.22, 0, 40.39
HSL hsl(276.73,19.22%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(276.73,32.24%,59.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(48.2021,21.6039,-22.1596)
XYZ xyz(20.1906,16.954,31.9141)
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