Lively Lavender Color

#816f7a

Lively Lavender 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 #7e9085
Complementary Color #6f8175
Color Shade: warm magenta (323.33° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 47.06% (better contrasting with white)
Lively Lavender Color Sample
Lively Lavender Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #816f7a

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Lively Lavender Color. The Purple Mauve color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Berry Bliss (#9e8295) for more energetic effect. Try Plate Mail Metal as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6f8175 is the best complementary color to Lively Lavender. 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 #816f7a complementary color is Xanadu, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Empress are #7f6f81 and #816f71. Thus found on the left and right of #816f7a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mobster and Spicy Pink colors as they work well with Lively Lavender.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Lively Lavender palette consists of #6f817f and #71816f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6f8175). Try Sirocco and Xanadu colors in combination with #816f7a, 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 #816f7a 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 Lively Lavender. Thus Pale Sky and Camouflage Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Lively Lavender contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Xanadu, Bandicoot, and Storm Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #816f7a square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool 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. Lively Lavender tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#6f8175) and two others. The Camouflage Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Topaz – 120° from the complementary Xanadu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #79816f and #756f81.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #816f7a is made of 36% red, 31% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Lively Lavender has a hue angle of 323.33°, a saturation of 7.5% and a lightness of 47.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #816f7a is made of 0% cyan, 7.06% magenta, 2.75% yellow and 49.41% black ink.

HEX #816f7a
RGB Decimal rgb(129,111,122)
RGB Percentage 36%, 31%, 34%
CMYK 0, 7.06, 2.75, 49.41
HSL hsl(323.33,7.5%,47.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(323.33,13.95%,50.59%)
CIE-LAB lab(48.8111,9.0996,-3.4734)
XYZ xyz(18.2506,17.4411,20.8169)
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