Dr Who is pale, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, cool cyan or warm yellow
| Inverse Color | #87a782 |
| Complementary Color | #5c7d57 |
| Color Shade: | cool magenta (291.89° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 41.76% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Dr Who Color. The Wine Stroll color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Olivine Basalt (#655867) for more calm effect. Try Soul Train as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#5c7d57 is the best complementary color to Dr Who. Warm green shades generally complement the cool magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #78587d complementary color is Glade Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Rum are #65577d and #7d576f. Thus found on the left and right of #78587d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Smoky and Falcon colors as they work well with Dr Who.
The split-complementary Dr Who palette consists of #577d65 and #6f7d57 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5c7d57). Try Spring Leaves and Limed Ash colors in combination with #78587d, 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 #78587d offers a combination of warm cyan and warm yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Dr Who. Thus Cutty Sark and Go Ben giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Dr Who contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Glade Green, Russett, and Blue Bayoux split by 90° on the color wheel. #78587d square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and cool cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Dr Who tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#5c7d57) and two others. The Go Ben is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Comet – 120° from the complementary Glade Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7d7857 and #575c7d.
In a RGB color space, hex #78587d is made of 36% red, 26% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Dr Who has a hue angle of 291.89°, a saturation of 17.37% and a lightness of 41.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #78587d is made of 1.96% cyan, 14.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.98% black ink.
| HEX | #78587d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(120,88,125) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 26%, 38% |
| CMYK | 1.96, 14.51, 0, 50.98 |
| HSL | hsl(291.89,17.37%,41.76%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(291.89,29.6%,49.02%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(41.9275,20.1358,-15.7124) |
| XYZ | xyz(14.9371,12.4532,21.0185) |