Velvet Plum Color

#573a56

Velvet Plum 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 #a8c5a9
Complementary Color #3a563b
Color Shade: mid magenta (302.07° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 28.43% (better contrasting with white)
Velvet Plum Color Sample
Velvet Plum Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #573a56

If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Velvet Plum Color. The Profound Mauve color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Vintage Violet (#634f62) for more calm effect. Try Wood Violet as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#3a563b is the best complementary color to Velvet Plum. 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 #573a56 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 #493a56 and #563a47. Thus found on the left and right of #573a56 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mulled Wine and Eggplant colors as they work well with Velvet Plum.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Velvet Plum palette consists of #3a5649 and #47563a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3a563b). Try Mineral Green and Tom Thumb colors in combination with #573a56, 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 #573a56 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 Velvet Plum. Thus Limed Spruce and Hemlock giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Velvet Plum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tom Thumb, Kabul, and Oxford Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #573a56 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. Velvet Plum tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#3a563b) and two others. The Hemlock is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gun Powder – 120° from the complementary Tom Thumb. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #55563a and #3b3a56.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #573a56 is made of 38% red, 25% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Velvet Plum has a hue angle of 302.07°, a saturation of 20% and a lightness of 28.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #573a56 is made of 0% cyan, 11.37% magenta, 0.39% yellow and 65.88% black ink.

HEX #573a56
RGB Decimal rgb(87,58,86)
RGB Percentage 38%, 25%, 37%
CMYK 0, 11.37, 0.39, 65.88
HSL hsl(302.07,20%,28.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(302.07,33.33%,34.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(28.7058,18.1088,-11.731)
XYZ xyz(7.1233,5.7242,9.5335)
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