Argyle 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 | #76a386 |
| Complementary Color | #5c886c |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (321.33° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 44.9% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Argyle Purple Color. The Exclusively color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Black Plum (#6c5765) for more calm effect. Try Bunchberry as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#5c886c is the best complementary color to Argyle 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 #895c79 complementary color is Spring Leaves, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #825c88 and #885c62. Thus found on the left and right of #895c79 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Trendy Pink and Au Chico colors as they work well with Argyle Purple.
The split-complementary Argyle Purple palette consists of #5c8882 and #62885c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5c886c). Try Patina and Glade Green colors in combination with #895c79, 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 #895c79 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 Argyle Purple. Thus Smalt Blue and Flax Smoke giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Argyle Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spring Leaves, Clay Creek, and Comet split by 90° on the color wheel. #895c79 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Argyle Purple tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#5c886c) and two others. The Flax Smoke 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 #78885c and #6c5c88.
In a RGB color space, hex #895c79 is made of 39% red, 26% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Argyle Purple has a hue angle of 321.33°, a saturation of 19.65% and a lightness of 44.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #895c79 is made of 0% cyan, 17.65% magenta, 6.28% yellow and 46.27% black ink.
| HEX | #895c79 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(137,92,121) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 26%, 35% |
| CMYK | 0, 17.65, 6.28, 46.27 |
| HSL | hsl(321.33,19.65%,44.9%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(321.33,32.85%,53.73%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(44.7352,23.1718,-8.8451) |
| XYZ | xyz(17.5949,14.3531,19.9322) |