Artful Magenta Color

#80505d

Artful Magenta is pale, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green

Inverse Color #7fafa2
Complementary Color #508073
Color Shade: red magenta (343.75° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40.78% (better contrasting with white)
Artful Magenta Color Sample
Artful Magenta Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #80505d

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Artful Magenta Color. The Brickwork Red color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Evening Crimson (#8e6b76) for more calm effect. Try Splatter as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#508073 is the best complementary color to Artful Magenta. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #80505d complementary color is Como, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Ferra are #805075 and #805b50. Thus found on the left and right of #80505d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Strikemaster and Roman Coffee colors as they work well with Artful Magenta.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Artful Magenta palette consists of #507580 and #50805b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#508073). Try Bismark and Spring Leaves colors in combination with #80505d, 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 #80505d offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Artful Magenta. Thus Blue Bayoux and Hippie Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Artful Magenta contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Como, Go Ben, and Smoky split by 90° on the color wheel. #80505d square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid blue 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. Artful Magenta tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#508073) and two others. The Hippie Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Trendy Pink – 120° from the complementary Como. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5d8050 and #725080.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #80505d is made of 43% red, 27% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Artful Magenta has a hue angle of 343.75°, a saturation of 23.08% and a lightness of 40.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #80505d is made of 0% cyan, 18.83% magenta, 13.73% yellow and 49.8% black ink.

HEX #80505d
RGB Decimal rgb(128,80,93)
RGB Percentage 43%, 27%, 31%
CMYK 0, 18.83, 13.73, 49.8
HSL hsl(343.75,23.08%,40.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(343.75,37.5%,50.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.7765,22.0389,0.8744)
XYZ xyz(13.7465,11.1168,11.7772)
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