Thistle Down is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or cool red
| Inverse Color | #6b6644 |
| Complementary Color | #bbb694 |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (232.31° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 65.69% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Thistle Down Color. The Filtered Light color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Soft Sky (#b5b5cb) for more calm effect. Try Fragrant Wand as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#bbb694 is the best complementary color to Thistle Down. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9499bb complementary color is Heathered Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Bali Hai are #94acbb and #a294bb. Thus found on the left and right of #9499bb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Nepal and Amethyst Smoke colors as they work well with Thistle Down.
The split-complementary Thistle Down palette consists of #acbb94 and #bba294 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bbb694). Try Swamp Green and Quicksand colors in combination with #9499bb, 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 #9499bb offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Thistle Down. Thus Norway and Quicksand giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Thistle Down contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Heathered Gray, Bouquet, and Summer Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #9499bb square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Thistle Down tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#bbb694) and two others. The Quicksand is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shadow Green – 120° from the complementary Heathered Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bb9498 and #94bbb6.
In a RGB color space, hex #9499bb is made of 30% red, 31% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Thistle Down has a hue angle of 232.31°, a saturation of 22.29% and a lightness of 65.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9499bb is made of 15.29% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black ink.
| HEX | #9499bb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(148,153,187) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 31%, 38% |
| CMYK | 15.29, 13.33, 0, 26.67 |
| HSL | hsl(232.31,22.29%,65.69%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(232.31,20.86%,73.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.8897,5.5493,-18.1901) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.5736,32.6662,51.6021) |