Purple Heart is deep, cool-toned shade of violet. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with yellow green, mid cyan or warm red
| Inverse Color | #96ca63 |
| Complementary Color | #689c35 |
| Color Shade: | violet (270.29° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 40.98% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Heart Color. The Studio 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 Prism Violet (#53357d) for more calm effect. Try Spanish Violet as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#689c35 is the best complementary color to Purple Heart. Yellow green shades generally complement the violet hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #69359c complementary color is Apple, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool blue, violet, and mid magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Royal Purple are #35359c and #9c359b. Thus found on the left and right of #69359c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sapphire and Plum colors as they work well with Purple Heart.
The split-complementary Purple Heart palette consists of #359c35 and #9b9c35 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#689c35). Try Apple and Sycamore colors in combination with #69359c, 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 #69359c offers a combination of cool green and warm red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Purple Heart. Thus Sea Green and Sepia Skin giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Purple Heart contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Apple, Stiletto, and Keppel split by 90° on the color wheel. #69359c square combo is a palette of violet, mid red, yellow green and mid cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Purple Heart tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#689c35) and two others. The Sepia Skin is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Azure – 120° from the complementary Apple. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9c6835 and #35689c.
In a RGB color space, hex #69359c is made of 33% red, 17% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Heart has a hue angle of 270.29°, a saturation of 49.28% and a lightness of 40.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #69359c is made of 20% cyan, 40.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.82% black ink.
| HEX | #69359c |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(105,53,156) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 17%, 50% |
| CMYK | 20, 40.4, 0, 38.82 |
| HSL | hsl(270.29,49.28%,40.98%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(270.29,66.03%,61.18%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(33.878,43.2797,-47.3848) |
| XYZ | xyz(13.0996,7.9498,32.2965) |