Amaranth Purple is soft, cool-toned shade of violet. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with yellow green, mid cyan or orange
| Inverse Color | #95c684 |
| Complementary Color | #4a7b38 |
| Color Shade: | violet (284.55° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 35.29% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Amaranth Purple Color. The Purple Pleasures color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Bossanova (#4e2a5a) for more calm effect. Try Murasaki Purple as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#4a7b38 is the best complementary color to Amaranth 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 #6a397b complementary color is Fern Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #48387b and #7b386b. Thus found on the left and right of #6a397b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Minsk and Cosmic colors as they work well with Amaranth Purple.
The split-complementary Amaranth Purple palette consists of #387b48 and #6b7b38 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a7b38). Try Goblin and Pesto colors in combination with #6a397b, 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 #6a397b 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 Amaranth Purple. Thus Viridian and Yellow Metal giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Amaranth Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fern Green, Ironstone, and Ming split by 90° on the color wheel. #6a397b 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. Amaranth Purple tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#4a7b38) and two others. The Yellow Metal is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and East Bay – 120° from the complementary Fern Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7b6938 and #384a7b.
In a RGB color space, hex #6a397b is made of 37% red, 20% green and 43% blue. In a HSL mode Amaranth Purple has a hue angle of 284.55°, a saturation of 36.67% and a lightness of 35.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6a397b is made of 6.67% cyan, 25.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 51.76% black ink.
| HEX | #6a397b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(106,57,123) |
| RGB Percentage | 37%, 20%, 43% |
| CMYK | 6.67, 25.89, 0, 51.76 |
| HSL | hsl(284.55,36.67%,35.29%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(284.55,53.66%,48.24%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(32.7456,33.4198,-28.8676) |
| XYZ | xyz(10.9821,7.4205,19.5924) |