Exotic Purple Color

#6a5078

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

Inverse Color #95af87
Complementary Color #5d7850
Color Shade: violet (279° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 39.22% (better contrasting with white)
Exotic Purple Color Sample
Exotic Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6a5078

If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Exotic Purple Color. The Matriarch 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 Blackberry Harvest (#504358) for more calm effect. Try Amethyst Gem as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5d7850 is the best complementary color to Exotic 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 #6a5078 complementary color is Dingley, 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 Smoky are #555078 and #785072. Thus found on the left and right of #6a5078 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Comet and Falcon colors as they work well with Exotic Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Exotic Purple palette consists of #507856 and #717850 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5d7850). Try Spring Leaves and Go Ben colors in combination with #6a5078, 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 #6a5078 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 Exotic Purple. Thus Como and Go Ben giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Exotic Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dingley, Ferra, and Cutty Sark split by 90° on the color wheel. #6a5078 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. Exotic Purple tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#5d7850) and two others. The Go Ben is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blue Bayoux – 120° from the complementary Dingley. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #786950 and #505e78.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6a5078 is made of 35% red, 26% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Exotic Purple has a hue angle of 279°, a saturation of 20% and a lightness of 39.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6a5078 is made of 5.49% cyan, 15.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 52.94% black ink.

HEX #6a5078
RGB Decimal rgb(106,80,120)
RGB Percentage 35%, 26%, 39%
CMYK 5.49, 15.69, 0, 52.94
HSL hsl(279,20%,39.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(279,33.33%,47.06%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.1237,18.9451,-18.6151)
XYZ xyz(12.2027,10.1576,19.0868)
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