Peacock Purple is pale, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green
| Inverse Color | #aec7bc |
| Complementary Color | #385145 |
| Color Shade: | red magenta (333.6° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 26.86% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Peacock Purple Color. The Chilled Wine color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Sinful (#645059) for more calm effect. Try Prussian Plum as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#385145 is the best complementary color to Peacock Purple. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #513843 complementary color is Mineral Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Matterhorn are #51384f and #513938. Thus found on the left and right of #513843 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Eggplant and Rock colors as they work well with Peacock Purple.
The split-complementary Peacock Purple palette consists of #384f51 and #385139 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#385145). Try Limed Spruce and Tom Thumb colors in combination with #513843, 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 #513843 offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Peacock Purple. Thus Oxford Blue and Cabbage Pont giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Peacock Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mineral Green, Kelp, and Gun Powder split by 90° on the color wheel. #513843 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Peacock Purple tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#385145) and two others. The Cabbage Pont is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mulled Wine – 120° from the complementary Mineral Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #435138 and #453851.
In a RGB color space, hex #513843 is made of 40% red, 27% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Peacock Purple has a hue angle of 333.6°, a saturation of 18.25% and a lightness of 26.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #513843 is made of 0% cyan, 9.8% magenta, 5.49% yellow and 68.24% black ink.
| HEX | #513843 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(81,56,67) |
| RGB Percentage | 40%, 27%, 33% |
| CMYK | 0, 9.8, 5.49, 68.24 |
| HSL | hsl(333.6,18.25%,26.86%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(333.6,30.86%,31.76%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(26.6861,13.0905,-2.3634) |
| XYZ | xyz(5.8206,4.9829,5.9652) |