Spiced Plum Color

#6d4773

Spiced Plum is calm, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, cool cyan or warm yellow

Inverse Color #92b88c
Complementary Color #4d7347
Color Shade: cool magenta (291.82° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 36.47% (better contrasting with white)
Spiced Plum Color Sample
Spiced Plum Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6d4773

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Spiced Plum Color. The Purple Bloom color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Showstopper (#7f607f) for more calm effect. Try Navy Cosmos as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4d7347 is the best complementary color to Spiced Plum. Warm green shades generally complement the cool magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6d4773 complementary color is Fern Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Mulled Wine are #564773 and #734763. Thus found on the left and right of #6d4773 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mulled Wine and Eggplant colors as they work well with Spiced Plum.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Spiced Plum palette consists of #477357 and #637347 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4d7347). Try Como and Dingley colors in combination with #6d4773, 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 #6d4773 offers a combination of warm cyan and warm yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Spiced Plum. Thus Cutty Sark and Go Ben giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Spiced Plum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fern Green, Tobacco Brown, and Blue Bayoux split by 90° on the color wheel. #6d4773 square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and cool 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. Spiced Plum tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#4d7347) and two others. The Go Ben is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fiord – 120° from the complementary Fern Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #736d47 and #474d73.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6d4773 is made of 37% red, 24% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Spiced Plum has a hue angle of 291.82°, a saturation of 23.66% and a lightness of 36.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6d4773 is made of 2.35% cyan, 17.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 54.9% black ink.

HEX #6d4773
RGB Decimal rgb(109,71,115)
RGB Percentage 37%, 24%, 39%
CMYK 2.35, 17.26, 0, 54.9
HSL hsl(291.82,23.66%,36.47%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(291.82,38.26%,45.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(35.9756,24.3686,-18.798)
XYZ xyz(11.6544,8.9955,17.3417)
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