Dusky Purple Color

#895b7b

Dusky Purple 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 #76a484
Complementary Color #5a8969
Color Shade: warm magenta (318.26° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 44.71% (better contrasting with white)
Dusky Purple Color Sample
Dusky Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #895b7b

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Dusky Purple Color. The Magic Gem 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 Exclusively (#6b515f) for more calm effect. Try Ephemera as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5a8969 is the best complementary color to Dusky Purple. 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 #895b7b complementary color is Spring Leaves, 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 Strikemaster are #7f5a89 and #895a64. Thus found on the left and right of #895b7b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Trendy Pink and Au Chico colors as they work well with Dusky Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dusky Purple palette consists of #5a8980 and #64895a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5a8969). Try Patina and Glade Green colors in combination with #895b7b, 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 #895b7b 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 Dusky Purple. Thus Smalt Blue and Avocado giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dusky Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spring Leaves, Clay Creek, and Waikawa Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #895b7b 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. Dusky Purple tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#5a8969) and two others. The Avocado is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rum – 120° from the complementary Spring Leaves. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7a895a and #695a89.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #895b7b is made of 39% red, 26% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Dusky Purple has a hue angle of 318.26°, a saturation of 20.18% and a lightness of 44.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #895b7b is made of 0% cyan, 18.04% magenta, 5.49% yellow and 46.27% black ink.

HEX #895b7b
RGB Decimal rgb(137,91,123)
RGB Percentage 39%, 26%, 35%
CMYK 0, 18.04, 5.49, 46.27
HSL hsl(318.26,20.18%,44.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(318.26,33.58%,53.73%)
CIE-LAB lab(44.5618,24.1233,-10.3169)
XYZ xyz(17.6328,14.2306,20.5563)
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