Purple Protégé Color

#593569

Purple Protégé is soft, cool-toned shade of violet. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with yellow green, mid cyan or orange

Inverse Color #a6ca96
Complementary Color #446935
Color Shade: violet (281.54° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 30.98% (better contrasting with white)
Purple Protégé Color Sample
Purple Protégé Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #593569

If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Protégé Color. The Nightly Violet color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Lilac Violet (#754a80) for more calm effect. Try Cabbage Blossom Violet as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#446935 is the best complementary color to Purple Protégé. Yellow green shades generally complement the violet hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #593569 complementary color is Chalet Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid blue, violet, and mid magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Bossanova are #3f3569 and #69355e. Thus found on the left and right of #593569 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jacarta and Cosmic colors as they work well with Purple Protégé.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Purple Protégé palette consists of #35693f and #5e6935 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#446935). Try Killarney and Costa Del Sol colors in combination with #593569, 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 #593569 offers a combination of green cyan and orange shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Purple Protégé. Thus Stromboli and Yellow Metal giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Purple Protégé contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chalet Green, Quincy, and William split by 90° on the color wheel. #593569 square combo is a palette of violet, mid red, yellow green and mid 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. Purple Protégé tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#446935) and two others. The Yellow Metal is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rhino – 120° from the complementary Chalet Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #695935 and #354469.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #593569 is made of 36% red, 21% green and 43% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Protégé has a hue angle of 281.54°, a saturation of 32.91% and a lightness of 30.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #593569 is made of 6.28% cyan, 20.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 58.82% black ink.

HEX #593569
RGB Decimal rgb(89,53,105)
RGB Percentage 36%, 21%, 43%
CMYK 6.28, 20.4, 0, 58.82
HSL hsl(281.54,32.91%,30.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(281.54,49.52%,41.18%)
CIE-LAB lab(28.6164,26.2863,-24.1266)
XYZ xyz(7.9427,5.69,14.0442)
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