True Purple Color

#65318e

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

Inverse Color #9ace71
Complementary Color #5a8e30
Color Shade: violet (273.55° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 37.45% (better contrasting with white)
True Purple Color Sample
True Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #65318e

If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to True Purple Color. The Shiner color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Oriental Nights (#4b2c74) for more calm effect. Try Cadmium Violet as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5a8e30 is the best complementary color to True 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 #65318e complementary color is Apple, 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 Eminence are #36308e and #8e3088. Thus found on the left and right of #65318e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Minsk and Plum colors as they work well with True Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary True Purple palette consists of #308e36 and #888e30 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5a8e30). Try Sea Green and Sycamore colors in combination with #65318e, 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 #65318e 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 True Purple. Thus Sea Green and Potters Clay giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of True Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Apple, El Salva, and Lochinvar split by 90° on the color wheel. #65318e 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. True Purple tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#5a8e30) and two others. The Potters Clay is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Chambray – 120° from the complementary Apple. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8e6430 and #305a8e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #65318e is made of 35% red, 17% green and 49% blue. In a HSL mode True Purple has a hue angle of 273.55°, a saturation of 48.69% and a lightness of 37.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #65318e is made of 16.08% cyan, 36.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #65318e
RGB Decimal rgb(101,49,142)
RGB Percentage 35%, 17%, 49%
CMYK 16.08, 36.47, 0, 44.31
HSL hsl(273.55,48.69%,37.45%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(273.55,65.49%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(31.6156,40.9625,-42.5036)
XYZ xyz(11.3476,6.9163,26.3281)
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