Muted Purple Color

#805b87

Muted Purple is calm, 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 #7fa478
Complementary Color #61875a
Color Shade: cool magenta (290.45° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 44.31% (better contrasting with white)
Muted Purple Color Sample
Muted Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #805b87

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Muted Purple Color. The Felicia color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Vintner (#68546a) for more calm effect. Try Scotch Thistle as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#61875a is the best complementary color to Muted 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 #805b87 complementary color is Glade Green, 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 Trendy Pink are #695a87 and #875a77. Thus found on the left and right of #805b87 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Rum and Strikemaster colors as they work well with Muted Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Muted Purple palette consists of #5a8769 and #78875a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#61875a). Try Spring Leaves and Flax Smoke colors in combination with #805b87, 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 #805b87 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 Muted Purple. Thus Cutty Sark and Clay Creek giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Muted Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Glade Green, Beaver, and Smalt Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #805b87 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. Muted Purple tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#61875a) and two others. The Clay Creek is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Comet – 120° from the complementary Glade Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #87805a and #5a6187.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #805b87 is made of 36% red, 26% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Muted Purple has a hue angle of 290.45°, a saturation of 19.47% and a lightness of 44.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #805b87 is made of 2.74% cyan, 17.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.06% black ink.

HEX #805b87
RGB Decimal rgb(128,91,135)
RGB Percentage 36%, 26%, 38%
CMYK 2.74, 17.25, 0, 47.06
HSL hsl(290.45,19.47%,44.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(290.45,32.59%,52.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.9746,23.2921,-18.5595)
XYZ xyz(17.0163,13.8206,24.6925)
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