Captivated is calm, 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 | #6b8351 |
| Complementary Color | #95ae7c |
| Color Shade: | warm blue (268.8° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 58.43% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Captivated Color. The Cut Velvet color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Compliment (#9e91ae) for more calm effect. Try Nymph's Delight as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#95ae7c is the best complementary color to Captivated. 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 #947cae complementary color is Green Smoke, 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 Lavender Purple are #7c7dae and #ad7cae. Thus found on the left and right of #947cae on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wild Blue Yonder and Lavender Purple colors as they work well with Captivated.
The split-complementary Captivated palette consists of #7dae7c and #aead7c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#95ae7c). Try Bay Leaf and Hillary colors in combination with #947cae, 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 #947cae 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 Captivated. Thus Bay Leaf and Sandrift giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Captivated contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Green Smoke, Pharlap, and Gulf Stream split by 90° on the color wheel. #947cae 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. Captivated tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#95ae7c) and two others. The Sandrift is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bali Hai – 120° from the complementary Green Smoke. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ae947c and #7c95ae.
In a RGB color space, hex #947cae is made of 33% red, 28% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Captivated has a hue angle of 268.8°, a saturation of 23.58% and a lightness of 58.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #947cae is made of 10.2% cyan, 19.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black ink.
| HEX | #947cae |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(148,124,174) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 28%, 39% |
| CMYK | 10.2, 19.61, 0, 31.76 |
| HSL | hsl(268.8,23.58%,58.43%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(268.8,28.74%,68.24%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.8539,19.2134,-23.0822) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.0604,23.7672,43.2057) |