Spanish Purple Color

#66033c

Spanish Purple is deep, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow

Inverse Color #99fcc3
Complementary Color #03662c
Color Shade: warm magenta (325.45° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 20.59% (better contrasting with white)
Spanish Purple Color Sample
Spanish Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #66033c

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Spanish Purple Color. The Midnight Merlot color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Dark Sanctuary (#3f012c) for more energetic effect. Try Cardinal Pink as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#03662c is the best complementary color to Spanish Purple. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #66033c complementary color is Fun Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tyrian Purple are #5e0366 and #66030a. Thus found on the left and right of #66033c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Clairvoyant and Red Oxide colors as they work well with Spanish Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Spanish Purple palette consists of #03665e and #0a6603 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#03662c). Try Blue Stone and Japanese Laurel colors in combination with #66033c, 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 #66033c offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Spanish Purple. Thus Astronaut Blue and Verdun Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Spanish Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fun Green, Antique Bronze, and Gulf Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #66033c square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue 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 Purple tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#03662c) and two others. The Verdun Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Christalle – 120° from the complementary Fun Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3c6603 and #2d0366.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #66033c is made of 62% red, 2% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Spanish Purple has a hue angle of 325.45°, a saturation of 94.29% and a lightness of 20.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #66033c is made of 0% cyan, 38.82% magenta, 16.47% yellow and 60% black ink.

HEX #66033c
RGB Decimal rgb(102,3,60)
RGB Percentage 62%, 2%, 36%
CMYK 0, 38.82, 16.47, 60
HSL hsl(325.45,94.29%,20.59%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(325.45,97.06%,40%)
CIE-LAB lab(20.8896,43.6394,-5.8628)
XYZ xyz(6.3277,3.2161,4.5622)
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