Plum Skin Color

#51304e

Plum Skin is calm, 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 #aecfb1
Complementary Color #305132
Color Shade: mid magenta (305.45° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 25.29% (better contrasting with white)
Plum Skin Color Sample
Plum Skin Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #51304e

If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Plum Skin Color. The Fat Tuesday color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Bunchberry (#674961) for more calm effect. Try Sunset Purple as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#305132 is the best complementary color to Plum Skin. 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 #51304e complementary color is Tom Thumb, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of violet, mid magenta, and red magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Eggplant are #433051 and #51303d. Thus found on the left and right of #51304e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Martinique and Congo Brown colors as they work well with Plum Skin.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Plum Skin palette consists of #305143 and #3d5130 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#305132). Try Stromboli and Tom Thumb colors in combination with #51304e, 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 #51304e 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 Plum Skin. Thus Spectra and Verdigris giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Plum Skin contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tom Thumb, Judge Gray, and Pickled Bluewood split by 90° on the color wheel. #51304e square combo is a palette of mid magenta, orange, mid green and blue 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. Plum Skin tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#305132) and two others. The Verdigris is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Martinique – 120° from the complementary Tom Thumb. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4d5130 and #323051.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #51304e is made of 39% red, 23% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Plum Skin has a hue angle of 305.45°, a saturation of 25.58% and a lightness of 25.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #51304e is made of 0% cyan, 12.94% magenta, 1.17% yellow and 68.24% black ink.

HEX #51304e
RGB Decimal rgb(81,48,78)
RGB Percentage 39%, 23%, 38%
CMYK 0, 12.94, 1.17, 68.24
HSL hsl(305.45,25.58%,25.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(305.45,40.74%,31.76%)
CIE-LAB lab(24.9932,20.4413,-12.2163)
XYZ xyz(5.8254,4.4133,7.7525)
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