Plum Highness Color

#885577

Plum Highness is calm, 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 #7a8
Complementary Color #586
Color Shade: warm magenta (320° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 43.33% (better contrasting with white)
Plum Highness Color Sample
Plum Highness Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #885577

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Plum Highness Color. The Exotic Bloom color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Plum Rich (#64475e) for more calm effect. Try Flowering Raspberry as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#586 is the best complementary color to Plum Highness. 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 #857 complementary color is White, 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 White are #7f5588 and #88555d. Thus found on the left and right of #857 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Trendy Pink and Au Chico colors as they work well with Plum Highness.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Plum Highness palette consists of #55887f and #5d8855 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#586). Try Cutty Sark and Hippie Green colors in combination with #857, 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 #857 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 Plum Highness. Thus Smalt Blue and Highland giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Plum Highness contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Shadow, and Waikawa Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #857 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. Plum Highness tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#586) and two others. The Highland is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #768855 and #658.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #885577 is made of 40% red, 25% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Plum Highness has a hue angle of 320°, a saturation of 23.08% and a lightness of 43.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #885577 is made of 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 6.66% yellow and 46.67% black ink.

HEX #885577
RGB Decimal rgb(136,85,119)
RGB Percentage 40%, 25%, 35%
CMYK 0, 20, 6.66, 46.67
HSL hsl(320,23.08%,43.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(320,37.5%,53.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(42.8582,26.5233,-10.4631)
XYZ xyz(16.7316,13.0631,19.0923)
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