Velvet Touch is pale, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow
| Inverse Color | #adcabb |
| Complementary Color | #345243 |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (328.97° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 26.47% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Velvet Touch Color. The Wizard Time color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Prussian Plum (#6f4b5c) for more calm effect. Try Berry Wine as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#345243 is the best complementary color to Velvet Touch. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #523544 complementary color is Mineral Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Eggplant are #513452 and #523435. Thus found on the left and right of #523544 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Voodoo and Congo Brown colors as they work well with Velvet Touch.
The split-complementary Velvet Touch palette consists of #345251 and #355234 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#345243). Try Mineral Green and Tom Thumb colors in combination with #523544, 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 #523544 offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Velvet Touch. Thus Oxford Blue and Tom Thumb giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Velvet Touch contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mineral Green, Hemlock, and Martinique split by 90° on the color wheel. #523544 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Velvet Touch tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#345243) and two others. The Tom Thumb is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Martinique – 120° from the complementary Mineral Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #435234 and #433452.
In a RGB color space, hex #523544 is made of 40% red, 26% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Velvet Touch has a hue angle of 328.97°, a saturation of 21.48% and a lightness of 26.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #523544 is made of 0% cyan, 11.38% magenta, 5.49% yellow and 67.84% black ink.
| HEX | #523544 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(82,53,68) |
| RGB Percentage | 40%, 26%, 33% |
| CMYK | 0, 11.38, 5.49, 67.84 |
| HSL | hsl(328.97,21.48%,26.47%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(328.97,35.37%,32.16%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(26.0321,15.6327,-3.9818) |
| XYZ | xyz(5.7962,4.7574,6.0816) |