Purple Honeycreeper is vivid, 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 | #7a0 |
| Complementary Color | #cbfe55 |
| Color Shade: | warm blue (258° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 66.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Honeycreeper Color. The Irrigo Purple color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Sweet Escape (#8844ff) for more calm effect. Try Purple Anemone as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#cbfe55 is the best complementary color to Purple Honeycreeper. 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 #85f complementary color is Canary, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool blue, warm blue, and cool magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #5577fe and #dc55fe. Thus found on the left and right of #85f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Dodger Blue and Heliotrope colors as they work well with Purple Honeycreeper.
The split-complementary Purple Honeycreeper palette consists of #77fe55 and #fedc55 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cbfe55). Try Screamin' Green and Mustard colors in combination with #85f, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #85f 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 Honeycreeper. Thus Screamin' Green and Coral giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Purple Honeycreeper contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Canary, Wild Watermelon, and Aquamarine split by 90° on the color wheel. #85f square combo is a palette of warm blue, cool red, cool yellow and warm cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Purple Honeycreeper tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#cbfe55) and two others. The Coral is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Malibu – 120° from the complementary Canary. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fe8855 and #55cbfe.
In a RGB color space, hex #8855ff is made of 29% red, 18% green and 54% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Honeycreeper has a hue angle of 258°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8855ff is made of 46.67% cyan, 66.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #8855ff |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(136,85,255) |
| RGB Percentage | 29%, 18%, 54% |
| CMYK | 46.67, 66.67, 0, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(258,100%,66.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(258,66.67%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(50.6301,58.6391,-77.3032) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.4518,18.9512,96.608) |