Purple Mountain Majesty Color

#7a70a8

Purple Mountain Majesty is calm, cool-toned shade of mid blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, green cyan or mid red

Inverse Color #858f57
Complementary Color #9da870
Color Shade: mid blue (250.71° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 54.9% (better contrasting with white)
Purple Mountain Majesty Color Sample
Purple Mountain Majesty Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7a70a8

If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Mountain Majesty Color. The Magic Carpet color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Sunlit Allium (#9787bb) for more energetic effect. Try Butterfly Garden as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#9da870 is the best complementary color to Purple Mountain Majesty. Mid yellow shades generally complement the mid blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7a70a8 complementary color is Green Smoke, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of blue cyan, mid blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Kimberly are #7081a8 and #9670a8. Thus found on the left and right of #7a70a8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bermuda Gray and Wisteria colors as they work well with Purple Mountain Majesty.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Purple Mountain Majesty palette consists of #82a870 and #a89670 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9da870). Try Asparagus and Sandal colors in combination with #7a70a8, 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 #7a70a8 offers a combination of mid green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Purple Mountain Majesty. Thus Aqua Forest and Coral Tree giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Purple Mountain Majesty contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Green Smoke, Coral Tree, and Acapulco split by 90° on the color wheel. #7a70a8 square combo is a palette of mid blue, red magenta, mid yellow and green 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. Purple Mountain Majesty tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#9da870) and two others. The Coral Tree is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gothic – 120° from the complementary Green Smoke. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a87a70 and #709da8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7a70a8 is made of 30% red, 28% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Mountain Majesty has a hue angle of 250.71°, a saturation of 24.35% and a lightness of 54.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7a70a8 is made of 18.04% cyan, 21.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.12% black ink.

HEX #7a70a8
RGB Decimal rgb(122,112,168)
RGB Percentage 30%, 28%, 42%
CMYK 18.04, 21.96, 0, 34.12
HSL hsl(250.71,24.35%,54.9%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(250.71,33.33%,65.88%)
CIE-LAB lab(50.1602,16.5603,-28.6023)
XYZ xyz(20.8881,18.5531,39.526)
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