Wild Plum Color

#83455d

Wild Plum is calm, 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 #7cbaa2
Complementary Color #44836a
Color Shade: red magenta (336.77° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 39.22% (better contrasting with white)
Wild Plum Color Sample
Wild Plum Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #83455d

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Wild Plum Color. The Beef Jerky 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 saturated alternative called Our Little Secret (#a84b7a) for more energetic effect. Try Passion Plum as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#44836a is the best complementary color to Wild Plum. 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 #83455d complementary color is Viridian, 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 Cannon Pink are #83447b and #834c44. Thus found on the left and right of #83455d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cannon Pink and Spicy Mix colors as they work well with Wild Plum.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wild Plum palette consists of #447b83 and #44834c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#44836a). Try Bismark and Goblin colors in combination with #83455d, 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 #83455d 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 Wild Plum. Thus East Bay and Fern Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wild Plum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Viridian, Yellow Metal, and East Bay split by 90° on the color wheel. #83455d 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. Wild Plum tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#44836a) and two others. The Fern Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Affair – 120° from the complementary Viridian. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5c8344 and #6b4483.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #83455d is made of 45% red, 24% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Wild Plum has a hue angle of 336.77°, a saturation of 31% and a lightness of 39.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #83455d is made of 0% cyan, 24.31% magenta, 14.9% yellow and 48.63% black ink.

HEX #83455d
RGB Decimal rgb(131,69,93)
RGB Percentage 45%, 24%, 32%
CMYK 0, 24.31, 14.9, 48.63
HSL hsl(336.77,31%,39.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(336.77,47.33%,51.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(37.6114,29.5605,-2.2467)
XYZ xyz(13.464,9.8719,11.5518)
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