Pure Purple Color

#751973

Pure Purple is deep, 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 #8ae68c
Complementary Color #18751a
Color Shade: mid magenta (301.3° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 27.84% (better contrasting with white)
Pure Purple Color Sample
Pure Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #751973

If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Pure Purple Color. The Hello Darkness My Old Friend color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Noble Plum (#871f78) for more calm effect. Try Grape Purple as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#18751a is the best complementary color to Pure 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 #751973 complementary color is Forest Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of violet, mid magenta, and red magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Disco are #481875 and #751845. Thus found on the left and right of #751973 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Honey Flower and Claret colors as they work well with Pure Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pure Purple palette consists of #187549 and #457518 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#18751a). Try Jewel and Dell colors in combination with #751973, 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 #751973 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 Pure Purple. Thus Genoa and Trendy Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pure Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Forest Green, Walnut, and Chathams Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #751973 square combo is a palette of mid magenta, orange, mid green and blue 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. Pure Purple tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#18751a) and two others. The Trendy Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lucky Point – 120° from the complementary Forest Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #737518 and #1b1875.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #751973 is made of 46% red, 10% green and 45% blue. In a HSL mode Pure Purple has a hue angle of 301.3°, a saturation of 64.79% and a lightness of 27.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #751973 is made of 0% cyan, 36.08% magenta, 0.78% yellow and 54.12% black ink.

HEX #751973
RGB Decimal rgb(117,25,115)
RGB Percentage 46%, 10%, 45%
CMYK 0, 36.08, 0.78, 54.12
HSL hsl(301.3,64.79%,27.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(301.3,78.63%,45.88%)
CIE-LAB lab(28.6817,49.4204,-30.1364)
XYZ xyz(10.7783,5.715,16.7547)
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