Ancient Murasaki Purple is calm, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, cool cyan or warm yellow
| Inverse Color | #76a475 |
| Complementary Color | #5b8a5a |
| Color Shade: | cool magenta (298.72° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 44.9% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Ancient Murasaki Purple Color. The Felicia color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Sunset Purple (#6f456e) for more energetic effect. Try Veri Berri as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#5b8a5a is the best complementary color to Ancient Murasaki Purple. Warm green shades generally complement the cool magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #895b8a complementary color is Glade Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Trendy Pink are #715a8a and #8a5a73. Thus found on the left and right of #895b8a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Rum and Strikemaster colors as they work well with Ancient Murasaki Purple.
The split-complementary Ancient Murasaki Purple palette consists of #5a8a71 and #738a5a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5b8a5a). Try Spring Leaves and Highland colors in combination with #895b8a, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #895b8a offers a combination of warm cyan and warm yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Ancient Murasaki Purple. Thus Patina and Clay Creek giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Ancient Murasaki Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Glade Green, Domino, and Smalt Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #895b8a square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and cool cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Ancient Murasaki Purple tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#5b8a5a) and two others. The Clay Creek is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Waikawa Gray – 120° from the complementary Glade Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8a895a and #5a5b8a.
In a RGB color space, hex #895b8a is made of 37% red, 25% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Ancient Murasaki Purple has a hue angle of 298.72°, a saturation of 20.52% and a lightness of 44.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #895b8a is made of 0.39% cyan, 18.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.88% black ink.
| HEX | #895b8a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(137,91,138) |
| RGB Percentage | 37%, 25%, 38% |
| CMYK | 0.39, 18.43, 0, 45.88 |
| HSL | hsl(298.72,20.52%,44.9%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(298.72,34.06%,54.12%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(45.1309,27.0264,-18.5017) |
| XYZ | xyz(18.6451,14.6355,25.887) |