Royal 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 | #9abe9e |
| Complementary Color | #406544 |
| Color Shade: | mid magenta (306.67° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 32.55% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Royal Plum Color. The Thistle Mauve 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 soft alternative called Royal Velvet (#513e4d) for more calm effect. Try Dark Purple Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#406544 is the best complementary color to Royal 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 #654161 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 #564065 and #65404e. Thus found on the left and right of #654161 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mulled Wine and Eggplant colors as they work well with Royal Plum.
The split-complementary Royal Plum palette consists of #406556 and #4f6540 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#406544). Try Mineral Green and Chalet Green colors in combination with #654161, 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 #654161 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 Royal Plum. Thus William and Hemlock giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Royal Plum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tom Thumb, Tobacco Brown, and Fiord split by 90° on the color wheel. #654161 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. Royal Plum tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#406544) and two others. The Hemlock is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mulled Wine – 120° from the complementary Tom Thumb. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #616540 and #444065.
In a RGB color space, hex #654161 is made of 38% red, 25% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Royal Plum has a hue angle of 306.67°, a saturation of 21.69% and a lightness of 32.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #654161 is made of 0% cyan, 14.12% magenta, 1.57% yellow and 60.39% black ink.
| HEX | #654161 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(101,65,97) |
| RGB Percentage | 38%, 25%, 37% |
| CMYK | 0, 14.12, 1.57, 60.39 |
| HSL | hsl(306.67,21.69%,32.55%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(306.67,35.64%,39.61%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(32.7234,21.3306,-12.5274) |
| XYZ | xyz(9.4148,7.4104,12.2434) |