Puissant Purple Color

#7722cc

Puissant Purple is deep, cool-toned shade of warm blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool yellow, mid cyan or warm red

Inverse Color #8d3
Complementary Color #77cc21
Color Shade: warm blue (270° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 46.67% (better contrasting with white)
Puissant Purple Color Sample
Puissant Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7722cc

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Puissant Purple Color. The Bright Blue Violet color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Fuchsia Nebula (#7722aa) for more calm effect. Try Thick Purple as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#77cc21 is the best complementary color to Puissant Purple. Cool yellow shades generally complement the warm blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #72c complementary color is Lima, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool blue, warm blue, and mid magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #2121cc and #cc21cb. Thus found on the left and right of #72c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Persian Blue and Cerise colors as they work well with Puissant Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Puissant Purple palette consists of #21cc21 and #cbcc21 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#77cc21). Try Malachite and Key Lime Pie colors in combination with #72c, 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 #72c offers a combination of green cyan and warm red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Puissant Purple. Thus Mountain Meadow and Ochre giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Puissant Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lima, Cardinal, and Java split by 90° on the color wheel. #72c square combo is a palette of warm blue, mid red, cool yellow 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. Puissant Purple tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#77cc21) and two others. The Ochre is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mariner – 120° from the complementary Lima. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cc7621 and #2176cc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7722cc is made of 33% red, 10% green and 57% blue. In a HSL mode Puissant Purple has a hue angle of 270°, a saturation of 71.43% and a lightness of 46.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7722cc is made of 33.33% cyan, 66.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #7722cc
RGB Decimal rgb(119,34,204)
RGB Percentage 33%, 10%, 57%
CMYK 33.33, 66.67, 0, 20
HSL hsl(270,71.43%,46.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(270,83.33%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.7912,65.2093,-71.0512)
XYZ xyz(19.0789,9.4256,57.9405)
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