Purple Pleasures Color

#81459e

Purple Pleasures is soft, cool-toned shade of violet. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with yellow green, mid cyan or orange

Inverse Color #7eba61
Complementary Color #619e44
Color Shade: violet (280.45° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 44.51% (better contrasting with white)
Purple Pleasures Color Sample
Purple Pleasures Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #81459e

If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Pleasures Color. The Liberal Lilac color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Dark Pansy (#653d7c) for more calm effect. Try Lusty Lavender as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#619e44 is the best complementary color to Purple Pleasures. Yellow green shades generally complement the violet hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #81459e complementary color is Apple, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid blue, violet, and mid magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Affair are #54449e and #9e448e. Thus found on the left and right of #81459e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gigas and Rouge colors as they work well with Purple Pleasures.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Purple Pleasures palette consists of #449e54 and #8e9e44 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#619e44). Try Chateau Green and Sycamore colors in combination with #81459e, 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 #81459e offers a combination of green cyan and orange shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Purple Pleasures. Thus Ocean Green and Driftwood giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Purple Pleasures contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Apple, Sepia Skin, and Wedgewood split by 90° on the color wheel. #81459e square combo is a palette of violet, mid red, yellow green and mid 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. Purple Pleasures tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#619e44) and two others. The Driftwood is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and San Marino – 120° from the complementary Apple. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9e8144 and #44619e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #81459e is made of 36% red, 19% green and 44% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Pleasures has a hue angle of 280.45°, a saturation of 39.21% and a lightness of 44.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #81459e is made of 11.37% cyan, 34.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.04% black ink.

HEX #81459e
RGB Decimal rgb(129,69,158)
RGB Percentage 36%, 19%, 44%
CMYK 11.37, 34.9, 0, 38.04
HSL hsl(280.45,39.21%,44.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(280.45,56.33%,61.96%)
CIE-LAB lab(40.233,41.2656,-38.2417)
XYZ xyz(17.3529,11.392,33.632)
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