Purple Dragon is pale, cool-toned shade of warm blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool yellow, green cyan or warm red
| Inverse Color | #394122 |
| Complementary Color | #d5ddbe |
| Color Shade: | warm blue (255.48° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 80.59% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Dragon Color. The Light Opus color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Light Vision (#dcd9eb) for more calm effect. Try Milky Lavender as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#d5ddbe is the best complementary color to Purple Dragon. 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 #c6bedd complementary color is Tana, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool blue, warm blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Lavender Gray are #bec5dd and #d5bedd. Thus found on the left and right of #c6bedd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pigeon Post and Prelude colors as they work well with Purple Dragon.
The split-complementary Purple Dragon palette consists of #c5ddbe and #ddd5be colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d5ddbe). Try Pixie Green and Tana colors in combination with #c6bedd, 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 #c6bedd 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 Dragon. Thus Surf and Wafer giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Purple Dragon contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tana, Pink Flare, and Edgewater split by 90° on the color wheel. #c6bedd square combo is a palette of warm blue, cool red, cool yellow and green 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 Dragon tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#d5ddbe) and two others. The Wafer is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Ziggurat – 120° from the complementary Tana. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ddc6be and #bed5dd.
In a RGB color space, hex #c6bedd is made of 33% red, 31% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Dragon has a hue angle of 255.48°, a saturation of 31.31% and a lightness of 80.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c6bedd is made of 9.02% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black ink.
| HEX | #c6bedd |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(198,190,221) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 31%, 36% |
| CMYK | 9.02, 12.16, 0, 13.33 |
| HSL | hsl(255.48,31.31%,80.59%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(255.48,14.03%,86.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.4927,8.7364,-14.4571) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.7533,54.0531,75.9541) |