Midnight Merlot Color

#880044

Midnight Merlot is deep, 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 #7fb
Complementary Color #084
Color Shade: warm magenta (330° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 26.67% (better contrasting with white)
Midnight Merlot Color Sample
Midnight Merlot Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #880044

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Midnight Merlot Color. The Velvet Cupcake color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Spring Lobster (#640125) for more calm effect. Try Purplish Red as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#084 is the best complementary color to Midnight Merlot. 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 #804 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, warm magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #880087 and #800. Thus found on the left and right of #804 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fresh Eggplant and White colors as they work well with Midnight Merlot.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Midnight Merlot palette consists of #008788 and #080 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#084). Try Teal and White colors in combination with #804, 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 #804 offers a combination of blue cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Midnight Merlot. Thus Congress Blue and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Midnight Merlot contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Olive, and White Lilac split by 90° on the color wheel. #804 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, mid 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. Midnight Merlot tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#084) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pigment Indigo – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #480 and #430088.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #880044 is made of 67% red, 0% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Midnight Merlot has a hue angle of 330°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 26.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #880044 is made of 0% cyan, 53.33% magenta, 26.66% yellow and 46.67% black ink.

HEX #880044
RGB Decimal rgb(136,0,68)
RGB Percentage 67%, 0%, 33%
CMYK 0, 53.33, 26.66, 46.67
HSL hsl(330,100%,26.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(330,100%,53.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(28.5159,53.2274,0.773)
XYZ xyz(11.1967,5.6516,5.9696)
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