Kikyō Purple Color

#5d3f6a

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

Inverse Color #a2c095
Complementary Color #4c6a3f
Color Shade: violet (281.86° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 33.14% (better contrasting with white)
Kikyō Purple Color Sample
Kikyō Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5d3f6a

If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Kikyō Purple Color. The Jagger color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Acai Berry (#42314b) for more calm effect. Try Royal Lilac as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4c6a3f is the best complementary color to Kikyō Purple. Yellow green shades generally complement the violet hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5d3f6a 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 Voodoo are #473f6a and #6a3f61. Thus found on the left and right of #5d3f6a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mulled Wine and Eggplant colors as they work well with Kikyō Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Kikyō Purple palette consists of #3f6a47 and #616a3f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4c6a3f). Try Killarney and Verdigris colors in combination with #5d3f6a, 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 #5d3f6a 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 Kikyō Purple. Thus Mineral Green and Tobacco Brown giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Kikyō Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chalet Green, Kabul, and William split by 90° on the color wheel. #5d3f6a 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. Kikyō Purple tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#4c6a3f) and two others. The Tobacco Brown is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fiord – 120° from the complementary Chalet Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6a5d3f and #3f4c6a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5d3f6a is made of 35% red, 24% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Kikyō Purple has a hue angle of 281.86°, a saturation of 25.44% and a lightness of 33.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5d3f6a is made of 5.1% cyan, 16.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 58.43% black ink.

HEX #5d3f6a
RGB Decimal rgb(93,63,106)
RGB Percentage 35%, 24%, 40%
CMYK 5.1, 16.86, 0, 58.43
HSL hsl(281.86,25.44%,33.14%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(281.86,40.57%,41.57%)
CIE-LAB lab(31.6305,21.6882,-20.0189)
XYZ xyz(8.8932,6.9228,14.5032)
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