Coalmine Color

#220033

Coalmine is deep, cool-toned shade of violet. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with yellow green, mid cyan or orange

Inverse Color #dfc
Complementary Color #103300
Color Shade: violet (280° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 10% (better contrasting with white)
Coalmine Color Sample
Coalmine Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #220033

If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Coalmine Color. The Midnight Purple color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Poisonous Purple (#2a0134) for more calm effect. Try Dark Violet as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#103300 is the best complementary color to Coalmine. Yellow green shades generally complement the violet hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #203 complementary color is Deep Fir, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid blue, violet, and mid magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #080033 and #33002a. Thus found on the left and right of #203 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Stratos and Toledo colors as they work well with Coalmine.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Coalmine palette consists of #003308 and #2a3300 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#103300). Try Deep Fir and Madras colors in combination with #203, 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 #203 offers a combination of green cyan and orange shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Coalmine. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Coalmine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Deep Fir, Temptress, and Daintree split by 90° on the color wheel. #203 square combo is a palette of violet, mid red, yellow green and mid 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. Coalmine tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#103300) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Midnight – 120° from the complementary Deep Fir. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #320 and #001033.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #220033 is made of 40% red, 0% green and 60% blue. In a HSL mode Coalmine has a hue angle of 280°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 10%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #220033 is made of 6.67% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 80% black ink.

HEX #220033
RGB Decimal rgb(34,0,51)
RGB Percentage 40%, 0%, 60%
CMYK 6.67, 20, 0, 80
HSL hsl(280,100%,10%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(280,100%,20%)
CIE-LAB lab(5.2309,26.7357,-24.9699)
XYZ xyz(1.2572,0.5791,3.1775)
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