Alien 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 | #b6f9b7 |
| Complementary Color | #064907 |
| Color Shade: | mid magenta (300.9° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 15.49% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Alien Purple Color. The Pion Purple color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Cured Eggplant (#380835) for more calm effect. Try Greek Aubergine as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#064907 is the best complementary color to Alien 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 #490648 complementary color is San Felix, 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 Mulberry Wood are #280649 and #490626. Thus found on the left and right of #490648 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cherry Pie and Mulberry Wood colors as they work well with Alien Purple.
The split-complementary Alien Purple palette consists of #064928 and #264906 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#064907). Try Zuccini and San Felix colors in combination with #490648, 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 #490648 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 Alien Purple. Thus Tarawera and Deep Bronze giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Alien Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary San Felix, Bracken, and Blue Whale split by 90° on the color wheel. #490648 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. Alien Purple tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#064907) and two others. The Deep Bronze is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Deep Cove – 120° from the complementary San Felix. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #474906 and #070649.
In a RGB color space, hex #490648 is made of 48% red, 4% green and 48% blue. In a HSL mode Alien Purple has a hue angle of 300.9°, a saturation of 84.81% and a lightness of 15.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #490648 is made of 0% cyan, 26.28% magenta, 0.39% yellow and 71.37% black ink.
| HEX | #490648 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(73,6,72) |
| RGB Percentage | 48%, 4%, 48% |
| CMYK | 0, 26.28, 0.39, 71.37 |
| HSL | hsl(300.9,84.81%,15.49%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(300.9,91.78%,28.63%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(15.5637,37.6131,-22.9755) |
| XYZ | xyz(3.9825,2.0146,6.3098) |