Dirty Purple Color

#734a65

Dirty Purple is pale, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow

Inverse Color #8cb59a
Complementary Color #4a7358
Color Shade: warm magenta (320.49° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 37.06% (better contrasting with white)
Dirty Purple Color Sample
Dirty Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #734a65

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Dirty Purple Color. The Punchit Purple color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Blackberry Jam (#87657e) for more calm effect. Try Cabal as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4a7358 is the best complementary color to Dirty Purple. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #734a65 complementary color is Como, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Eggplant are #6c4a73 and #734a50. Thus found on the left and right of #734a65 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mulled Wine and Ferra colors as they work well with Dirty Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dirty Purple palette consists of #4a736c and #50734a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a7358). Try Cutty Sark and Axolotl colors in combination with #734a65, 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 #734a65 offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Dirty Purple. Thus Blue Bayoux and Dingley giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dirty Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Como, Go Ben, and Fiord split by 90° on the color wheel. #734a65 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue 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. Dirty Purple tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#4a7358) and two others. The Dingley is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mulled Wine – 120° from the complementary Como. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #65734a and #584a73.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #734a65 is made of 40% red, 26% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Dirty Purple has a hue angle of 320.49°, a saturation of 21.69% and a lightness of 37.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #734a65 is made of 0% cyan, 16.08% magenta, 5.49% yellow and 54.9% black ink.

HEX #734a65
RGB Decimal rgb(115,74,101)
RGB Percentage 40%, 26%, 35%
CMYK 0, 16.08, 5.49, 54.9
HSL hsl(320.49,21.69%,37.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(320.49,35.65%,45.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.8962,21.9087,-8.5695)
XYZ xyz(11.868,9.482,13.5166)
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