Mexican Purple is pale, 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 | #a5c3aa |
| Complementary Color | #3c5a41 |
| Color Shade: | mid magenta (310° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 29.41% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Mexican Purple Color. The Wood Violet color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Profound Mauve (#40243d) for more energetic effect. Try Purple Trinket as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#3c5a41 is the best complementary color to Mexican Purple. 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 #5a3c55 complementary color is Tom Thumb, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #503c5a and #5a3c45. Thus found on the left and right of #5a3c55 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Voodoo and Eggplant colors as they work well with Mexican Purple.
The split-complementary Mexican Purple palette consists of #3c5a50 and #455a3c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3c5a41). Try Mineral Green and Tom Thumb colors in combination with #5a3c55, 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 #5a3c55 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 Mexican Purple. Thus Limed Spruce and Hemlock giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Mexican Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tom Thumb, Kabul, and Oxford Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #5a3c55 square combo is a palette of mid magenta, orange, mid green and blue cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Mexican Purple tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#3c5a41) 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 #555a3c and #403c5a.
In a RGB color space, hex #5a3c55 is made of 38% red, 26% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Mexican Purple has a hue angle of 310°, a saturation of 20% and a lightness of 29.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5a3c55 is made of 0% cyan, 11.76% magenta, 1.96% yellow and 64.71% black ink.
| HEX | #5a3c55 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(90,60,85) |
| RGB Percentage | 38%, 26%, 36% |
| CMYK | 0, 11.76, 1.96, 64.71 |
| HSL | hsl(310,20%,29.41%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(310,33.33%,35.29%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(29.5665,17.7846,-9.7377) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.472,6.0613,9.3705) |