Beaten Purple Color

#4e0550

Beaten Purple is deep, 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 #b1faaf
Complementary Color #075004
Color Shade: cool magenta (298.4° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 16.67% (better contrasting with white)
Beaten Purple Color Sample
Beaten Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4e0550

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Beaten Purple Color. The Pion Purple color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Deep Purple (#36013f) for more energetic effect. Try Amygdala Purple as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#075004 is the best complementary color to Beaten Purple. 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 #4e0550 complementary color is San Felix, 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 Clairvoyant are #280450 and #50042c. Thus found on the left and right of #4e0550 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cherry Pie and Mulberry Wood colors as they work well with Beaten Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Beaten Purple palette consists of #045028 and #2c5004 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#075004). Try Zuccini and Verdun Green colors in combination with #4e0550, 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 #4e0550 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 Beaten Purple. Thus Evening Sea and Deep Bronze giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Beaten Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary San Felix, Bracken, and Blue Whale split by 90° on the color wheel. #4e0550 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. Beaten Purple tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#075004) and two others. The Deep Bronze is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gulf Blue – 120° from the complementary San Felix. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #504d04 and #040750.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4e0550 is made of 48% red, 3% green and 49% blue. In a HSL mode Beaten Purple has a hue angle of 298.4°, a saturation of 88.24% and a lightness of 16.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4e0550 is made of 0.78% cyan, 29.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 68.63% black ink.

HEX #4e0550
RGB Decimal rgb(78,5,80)
RGB Percentage 48%, 3%, 49%
CMYK 0.78, 29.41, 0, 68.63
HSL hsl(298.4,88.24%,16.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(298.4,93.75%,31.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(17.0243,40.4462,-26.0892)
XYZ xyz(4.6441,2.3074,7.79)
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