Melrose Color

#c7c1ff

Melrose is pale, cool-toned shade of mid blue. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, green cyan or mid red

Inverse Color #383e00
Complementary Color #f9ffc1
Color Shade: mid blue (245.81° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 87.84% (better contrasting with black)
Melrose Color Sample
Melrose Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c7c1ff

If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Melrose Color. The Fog color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Winterspring Lilac (#b5afff) for more calm effect. Try Pale Lavender as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#f9ffc1 is the best complementary color to Melrose. Mid yellow shades generally complement the mid blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c7c1ff complementary color is Australian Mint, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of blue cyan, mid blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Melrose are #c1daff and #e5c1ff. Thus found on the left and right of #c7c1ff on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Periwinkle and Mauve colors as they work well with Melrose.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Melrose palette consists of #daffc1 and #ffe5c1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#f9ffc1). Try Snow Flurry and Negroni colors in combination with #c7c1ff, 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 #c7c1ff offers a combination of mid green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Melrose. Thus Snowy Mint and Your Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Melrose contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Australian Mint, Cotton Candy, and Aero Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #c7c1ff square combo is a palette of mid blue, red magenta, mid yellow and green 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. Melrose tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#f9ffc1) and two others. The Your Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Onahau – 120° from the complementary Australian Mint. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ffc6c1 and #c1f9ff.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c7c1ff is made of 31% red, 30% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Melrose has a hue angle of 245.81°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 87.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c7c1ff is made of 21.96% cyan, 24.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #c7c1ff
RGB Decimal rgb(199,193,255)
RGB Percentage 31%, 30%, 39%
CMYK 21.96, 24.31, 0, 0
HSL hsl(245.81,100%,87.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(245.81,24.31%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(80.4611,14.7353,-29.7062)
XYZ xyz(60.6732,57.502,102.5089)
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