Purple Dusk is pale, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow
| Inverse Color | #839489 |
| Complementary Color | #6a7c70 |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (321.18° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 45.29% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Dusk Color. The Natural Steel color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Dynamic (#6d5160) for more energetic effect. Try Rabbit as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6a7c70 is the best complementary color to Purple Dusk. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7c6b76 complementary color is Xanadu, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Fedora are #796a7c and #7c6a6d. Thus found on the left and right of #7c6b76 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mobster and Spicy Pink colors as they work well with Purple Dusk.
The split-complementary Purple Dusk palette consists of #6a7c79 and #6d7c6a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6a7c70). Try Sirocco and Camouflage Green colors in combination with #7c6b76, 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 #7c6b76 offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Purple Dusk. Thus Nevada and Limed Ash giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Purple Dusk contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Xanadu, Bandicoot, and Storm Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #7c6b76 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Purple Dusk tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#6a7c70) and two others. The Limed Ash is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dolphin – 120° from the complementary Xanadu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #767c6a and #706a7c.
In a RGB color space, hex #7c6b76 is made of 36% red, 31% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Dusk has a hue angle of 321.18°, a saturation of 7.36% and a lightness of 45.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7c6b76 is made of 0% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 2.36% yellow and 51.37% black ink.
| HEX | #7c6b76 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(124,107,118) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 31%, 34% |
| CMYK | 0, 6.67, 2.36, 51.37 |
| HSL | hsl(321.18,7.36%,45.29%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(321.18,13.71%,48.63%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(47.1165,8.7719,-3.6444) |
| XYZ | xyz(16.8399,16.1085,19.3612) |