Aunt Violet Color

#7c0087

Aunt Violet is deep, 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 #83ff78
Complementary Color #0b8700
Color Shade: cool magenta (295.11° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 26.47% (better contrasting with white)
Aunt Violet Color Sample
Aunt Violet Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7c0087

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Aunt Violet Color. The Shiffurple color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Barney Purple (#a00498) for more calm effect. Try Clear Plum as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0b8700 is the best complementary color to Aunt Violet. 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 #7c0087 complementary color is Japanese Laurel, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Purple are #380087 and #87004e. Thus found on the left and right of #7c0087 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pigment Indigo and Siren colors as they work well with Aunt Violet.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Aunt Violet palette consists of #008738 and #4e8700 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0b8700). Try Fun Green and Limeade colors in combination with #7c0087, 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 #7c0087 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 Aunt Violet. Thus Teal and Olive giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Aunt Violet contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Japanese Laurel, Peru Tan, and Congress Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #7c0087 square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and cool 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. Aunt Violet tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#0b8700) and two others. The Olive is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Navy Blue – 120° from the complementary Japanese Laurel. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #877b00 and #000b87.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7c0087 is made of 48% red, 0% green and 52% blue. In a HSL mode Aunt Violet has a hue angle of 295.11°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 26.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7c0087 is made of 4.31% cyan, 52.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.06% black ink.

HEX #7c0087
RGB Decimal rgb(124,0,135)
RGB Percentage 48%, 0%, 52%
CMYK 4.31, 52.94, 0, 47.06
HSL hsl(295.11,100%,26.47%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(295.11,100%,52.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(29.499,59.4036,-41.3816)
XYZ xyz(12.6854,6.0344,23.4178)
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