Purposeful is pale, 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 | #889389 |
| Complementary Color | #6c766d |
| Color Shade: | mid magenta (305.45° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 44.51% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Purposeful Color. The Dark Purple Grey color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Suva Grey (#888387) for more calm effect. Try Rhine Castle as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6c766d is the best complementary color to Purposeful. 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 #776c76 complementary color is Xanadu, 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 Fedora are #726c76 and #766c70. Thus found on the left and right of #776c76 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Salt Box and Empress colors as they work well with Purposeful.
The split-complementary Purposeful palette consists of #6c7672 and #70766c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6c766d). Try Corduroy and Camouflage Green colors in combination with #776c76, 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 #776c76 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 Purposeful. Thus Sirocco and Bandicoot giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Purposeful contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Xanadu, Tapa, and Nevada split by 90° on the color wheel. #776c76 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. Purposeful tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#6c766d) and two others. The Bandicoot is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mid Gray – 120° from the complementary Xanadu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #75766c and #6d6c76.
In a RGB color space, hex #776c76 is made of 34% red, 31% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Purposeful has a hue angle of 305.45°, a saturation of 4.85% and a lightness of 44.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #776c76 is made of 0% cyan, 4.32% magenta, 0.4% yellow and 53.33% black ink.
| HEX | #776c76 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(119,108,118) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 31%, 34% |
| CMYK | 0, 4.32, 0.4, 53.33 |
| HSL | hsl(305.45,4.85%,44.51%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(305.45,9.24%,46.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(46.9155,6.2652,-3.9948) |
| XYZ | xyz(16.2403,15.9551,19.3632) |