Potent Purple Color

#462639

Potent Purple is calm, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow

Inverse Color #b9d9c6
Complementary Color #264633
Color Shade: warm magenta (324.38° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 21.18% (better contrasting with white)
Potent Purple Color Sample
Potent Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #462639

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Potent Purple Color. The Wine Gummy Red color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Gypsy Jewels (#613a57) for more calm effect. Try Mature Grape as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#264633 is the best complementary color to Potent Purple. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #462639 complementary color is Everglade, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Livid Brown are #432646 and #462628. Thus found on the left and right of #462639 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Voodoo and Crater Brown colors as they work well with Potent Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Potent Purple palette consists of #264643 and #294626 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#264633). Try Plantation and Green Kelp colors in combination with #462639, 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 #462639 offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Potent Purple. Thus Pickled Bluewood and Woodland giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Potent Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Everglade, Lisbon Brown, and Ebony Clay split by 90° on the color wheel. #462639 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue 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. Potent Purple tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#264633) and two others. The Woodland is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Martinique – 120° from the complementary Everglade. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #394626 and #322646.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #462639 is made of 42% red, 23% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Potent Purple has a hue angle of 324.38°, a saturation of 29.63% and a lightness of 21.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #462639 is made of 0% cyan, 12.55% magenta, 5.1% yellow and 72.55% black ink.

HEX #462639
RGB Decimal rgb(70,38,57)
RGB Percentage 42%, 23%, 35%
CMYK 0, 12.55, 5.1, 72.55
HSL hsl(324.38,29.63%,21.18%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(324.38,45.71%,27.45%)
CIE-LAB lab(19.9786,18.2182,-5.7484)
XYZ xyz(3.9574,2.9837,4.2382)
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