Kuwanomi Purple Color

#55295b

Kuwanomi Purple is soft, 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 #aad6a4
Complementary Color #2e5b29
Color Shade: cool magenta (292.8° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 25.88% (better contrasting with white)
Kuwanomi Purple Color Sample
Kuwanomi Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #55295b

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Kuwanomi Purple Color. The Heartless color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Eminence (#6e3974) for more calm effect. Try Amaranth Purple as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#2e5b29 is the best complementary color to Kuwanomi 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 #55295b complementary color is Woodland, 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 Bossanova are #3b295b and #5b2947. Thus found on the left and right of #55295b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jacarta and Finn colors as they work well with Kuwanomi Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Kuwanomi Purple palette consists of #295b3c and #485b29 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2e5b29). Try Plantation and Woodland colors in combination with #55295b, 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 #55295b 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 Kuwanomi Purple. Thus Plantation and Costa Del Sol giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Kuwanomi Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Woodland, Quincy, and Rhino split by 90° on the color wheel. #55295b 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. Kuwanomi Purple tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#2e5b29) and two others. The Costa Del Sol is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rhino – 120° from the complementary Woodland. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5b5529 and #292e5b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #55295b is made of 39% red, 19% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Kuwanomi Purple has a hue angle of 292.8°, a saturation of 37.88% and a lightness of 25.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #55295b is made of 2.36% cyan, 19.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 64.31% black ink.

HEX #55295b
RGB Decimal rgb(85,41,91)
RGB Percentage 39%, 19%, 42%
CMYK 2.36, 19.61, 0, 64.31
HSL hsl(292.8,37.88%,25.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(292.8,54.95%,35.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(24.5526,28.9115,-21.4559)
XYZ xyz(6.4276,4.2725,10.3834)
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