Purple is deep, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, blue cyan or mid yellow
| Inverse Color | #7fff7f |
| Complementary Color | #008000 |
| Color Shade: | cool magenta (300° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 25.1% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Color. The Divine Purple color for instance is a darker 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.
#008000 is the best complementary color to Purple. 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 #800080 complementary color is Japanese Laurel, 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 Fresh Eggplant are #3f0080 and #800040. Thus found on the left and right of #800080 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pigment Indigo and Siren colors as they work well with Purple.
The split-complementary Purple palette consists of #008040 and #408000 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#008000). Try Fun Green and Verdun Green colors in combination with #800080, 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 #800080 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 Purple. Thus Teal and Olive giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Japanese Laurel, Cinnamon, and Congress Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #800080 square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm 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. Purple tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#008000) 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 #7f8000 and #000080.
In a RGB color space, hex #800080 is made of 50% red, 0% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Purple has a hue angle of 300°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 25.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #800080 is made of 0% cyan, 50.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 49.8% black ink.
| HEX | #800080 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(128,0,128) |
| RGB Percentage | 50%, 0%, 50% |
| CMYK | 0, 50.2, 0, 49.8 |
| HSL | hsl(300,100%,25.1%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(300,100%,50.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(29.7821,58.9398,-36.4979) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.7984,6.1477,20.9342) |