Pion Purple is deep, cool-toned shade of mid magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid green, blue cyan or mid yellow
| Inverse Color | #b7f7bf |
| Complementary Color | #084810 |
| Color Shade: | mid magenta (307.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 15.69% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Pion Purple Color. The Christmas Purple color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Greek Aubergine (#3d0734) for more calm effect. Try Cured Eggplant as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#084810 is the best complementary color to Pion Purple. Mid green shades generally complement the mid magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #480840 complementary color is Dark Fern, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of violet, mid magenta, and red magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Loulou are #300848 and #48081f. Thus found on the left and right of #480840 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Violet and Cab Sav colors as they work well with Pion Purple.
The split-complementary Pion Purple palette consists of #084830 and #204808 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#084810). Try Tiber and Dark Fern colors in combination with #480840, 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 #480840 offers a combination of mid cyan and mid yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pion Purple. Thus Tarawera and Bronze Olive giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pion Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dark Fern, Bronze, and Downriver split by 90° on the color wheel. #480840 square combo is a palette of mid magenta, orange, mid green and blue cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pion Purple tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#084810) and two others. The Bronze Olive is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Deep Cove – 120° from the complementary Dark Fern. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #404808 and #0f0848.
In a RGB color space, hex #480840 is made of 50% red, 6% green and 44% blue. In a HSL mode Pion Purple has a hue angle of 307.5°, a saturation of 80% and a lightness of 15.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #480840 is made of 0% cyan, 25.1% magenta, 3.14% yellow and 71.76% black ink.
| HEX | #480840 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(72,8,64) |
| RGB Percentage | 50%, 6%, 44% |
| CMYK | 0, 25.1, 3.14, 71.76 |
| HSL | hsl(307.5,80%,15.69%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(307.5,88.89%,28.24%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(15.07,35.3004,-18.1803) |
| XYZ | xyz(3.6847,1.9215,5.0272) |