Old Fashioned Purple is calm, cool-toned shade of mid magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid green, blue cyan or mid yellow
| Inverse Color | #8cb794 |
| Complementary Color | #487350 |
| Color Shade: | mid magenta (311.16° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 36.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Old Fashioned Purple Color. The Antique Fuchsia color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Currant Violet (#553e51) for more calm effect. Try Orchid Orchestra as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#487350 is the best complementary color to Old Fashioned Purple. Mid green shades generally complement the mid magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #73486b complementary color is Hippie Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of violet, mid magenta, and red magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Eggplant are #654873 and #734855. Thus found on the left and right of #73486b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mulled Wine and Ferra colors as they work well with Old Fashioned Purple.
The split-complementary Old Fashioned Purple palette consists of #487365 and #557348 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#487350). Try Como and Dingley colors in combination with #73486b, 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 #73486b offers a combination of mid cyan and mid yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Old Fashioned Purple. Thus Blue Bayoux and Dingley giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Old Fashioned Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Hippie Green, Tobacco Brown, and Fiord split by 90° on the color wheel. #73486b square combo is a palette of mid magenta, orange, mid green and blue cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Old Fashioned Purple tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#487350) and two others. The Dingley is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mulled Wine – 120° from the complementary Hippie Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6a7348 and #504873.
In a RGB color space, hex #73486b is made of 39% red, 24% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Old Fashioned Purple has a hue angle of 311.16°, a saturation of 22.99% and a lightness of 36.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #73486b is made of 0% cyan, 16.86% magenta, 3.14% yellow and 54.9% black ink.
| HEX | #73486b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(115,72,107) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 24%, 36% |
| CMYK | 0, 16.86, 3.14, 54.9 |
| HSL | hsl(311.16,22.99%,36.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(311.16,37.39%,45.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(36.6329,24.2552,-12.7266) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.0414,9.3411,15.0783) |