Prune Plum Color

#211640

Prune Plum is deep, 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 #dee9bf
Complementary Color #344016
Color Shade: warm blue (255.71° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 16.86% (better contrasting with white)
Prune Plum Color Sample
Prune Plum Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #211640

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Prune Plum Color. The Valhalla 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 Stormy Night (#372354) for more calm effect. Try Cluedo Night as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#344016 is the best complementary color to Prune Plum. 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 #211640 complementary color is Thatch Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool blue, warm blue, and cool magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Valhalla are #162040 and #361640. Thus found on the left and right of #211640 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Big Stone and Grape colors as they work well with Prune Plum.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Prune Plum palette consists of #204016 and #403616 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#344016). Try Seaweed and Metallic Bronze colors in combination with #211640, 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 #211640 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 Prune Plum. Thus Bush and Cedar giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Prune Plum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Thatch Green, Cocoa Bean, and Gable Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #211640 square combo is a palette of warm blue, cool red, cool yellow and warm 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. Prune Plum tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#344016) and two others. The Cedar is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Big Stone – 120° from the complementary Thatch Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #402116 and #163440.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #211640 is made of 28% red, 18% green and 54% blue. In a HSL mode Prune Plum has a hue angle of 255.71°, a saturation of 48.84% and a lightness of 16.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #211640 is made of 12.16% cyan, 16.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 74.9% black ink.

HEX #211640
RGB Decimal rgb(33,22,64)
RGB Percentage 28%, 18%, 54%
CMYK 12.16, 16.47, 0, 74.9
HSL hsl(255.71,48.84%,16.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(255.71,65.63%,25.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(11.045,17.67,-24.9818)
XYZ xyz(1.8395,1.2673,4.9982)
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