Spanish Plum Color

#5c3357

Spanish 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 #a3cca8
Complementary Color #335c38
Color Shade: mid magenta (307.32° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 28.04% (better contrasting with white)
Spanish Plum Color Sample
Spanish Plum Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5c3357

If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Spanish Plum Color. The Sunset Purple color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Old Fashioned Purple (#73486b) for more calm effect. Try Profound Mauve as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#335c38 is the best complementary color to Spanish 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 #5c3357 complementary color is Killarney, 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 #4c335c and #5c3342. Thus found on the left and right of #5c3357 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Voodoo and Congo Brown colors as they work well with Spanish Plum.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Spanish Plum palette consists of #335c4c and #425c33 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#335c38). Try Stromboli and Chalet Green colors in combination with #5c3357, 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 #5c3357 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 Spanish Plum. Thus Spectra and Verdigris giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Spanish Plum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Killarney, Millbrook, and Pickled Bluewood split by 90° on the color wheel. #5c3357 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. Spanish Plum tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#335c38) and two others. The Verdigris is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Martinique – 120° from the complementary Killarney. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #575c33 and #37335c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5c3357 is made of 40% red, 22% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Spanish Plum has a hue angle of 307.32°, a saturation of 28.67% and a lightness of 28.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5c3357 is made of 0% cyan, 16.08% magenta, 1.96% yellow and 63.92% black ink.

HEX #5c3357
RGB Decimal rgb(92,51,87)
RGB Percentage 40%, 22%, 38%
CMYK 0, 16.08, 1.96, 63.92
HSL hsl(307.32,28.67%,28.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(307.32,44.57%,36.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(27.6579,24.527,-13.929)
XYZ xyz(7.3178,5.3311,9.6601)
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