Sweet Grape Color

#4b3b4f

Sweet Grape is pale, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, cool cyan or warm yellow

Inverse Color #b4c4b0
Complementary Color #3f4f3b
Color Shade: cool magenta (288° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 27.06% (better contrasting with white)
Sweet Grape Color Sample
Sweet Grape Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4b3b4f

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Sweet Grape Color. The Black Safflower color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Vintner (#68546a) for more calm effect. Try Lava Black as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3f4f3b is the best complementary color to Sweet Grape. Warm green shades generally complement the cool magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4b3b4f complementary color is Cabbage Pont, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Mortar are #413b4f and #4f3b49. Thus found on the left and right of #4b3b4f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gun Powder and Matterhorn colors as they work well with Sweet Grape.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sweet Grape palette consists of #3b4f41 and #494f3b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3f4f3b). Try Lunar Green and Kelp colors in combination with #4b3b4f, 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 #4b3b4f offers a combination of warm cyan and warm yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Sweet Grape. Thus Mineral Green and Kelp giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sweet Grape contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cabbage Pont, Taupe, and Limed Spruce split by 90° on the color wheel. #4b3b4f square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and cool 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. Sweet Grape tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#3f4f3b) and two others. The Kelp is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bright Gray – 120° from the complementary Cabbage Pont. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4f4b3b and #3b3f4f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4b3b4f is made of 35% red, 28% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Sweet Grape has a hue angle of 288°, a saturation of 14.49% and a lightness of 27.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4b3b4f is made of 1.57% cyan, 7.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 69.02% black ink.

HEX #4b3b4f
RGB Decimal rgb(75,59,79)
RGB Percentage 35%, 28%, 37%
CMYK 1.57, 7.84, 0, 69.02
HSL hsl(288,14.49%,27.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(288,25.32%,30.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(27.2646,11.2297,-9.4818)
XYZ xyz(5.8769,5.1883,8.0888)
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