Twilight Lavender Color

#8a496b

Twilight Lavender 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 #75b694
Complementary Color #498a67
Color Shade: warm magenta (328.62° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 41.37% (better contrasting with white)
Twilight Lavender Color Sample
Twilight Lavender Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8a496b

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Twilight Lavender Color. The Cyclamen Red color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Beryl Red (#a16381) for more calm effect. Try Delicious Berry as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#498a67 is the best complementary color to Twilight Lavender. 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 #8a496b complementary color is Viridian, 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 Cannon Pink are #88498a and #8a494a. Thus found on the left and right of #8a496b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Affair and Copper Rust colors as they work well with Twilight Lavender.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Twilight Lavender palette consists of #498a88 and #4a8a49 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#498a67). Try Smalt Blue and Hippie Green colors in combination with #8a496b, 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 #8a496b 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 Twilight Lavender. Thus Bismark and Dingley giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Twilight Lavender contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Viridian, Shadow, and East Bay split by 90° on the color wheel. #8a496b 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. Twilight Lavender tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#498a67) and two others. The Dingley is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Affair – 120° from the complementary Viridian. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6b8a49 and #67498a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8a496b is made of 43% red, 23% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Twilight Lavender has a hue angle of 328.62°, a saturation of 30.81% and a lightness of 41.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8a496b is made of 0% cyan, 25.49% magenta, 12.16% yellow and 45.88% black ink.

HEX #8a496b
RGB Decimal rgb(138,73,107)
RGB Percentage 43%, 23%, 34%
CMYK 0, 25.49, 12.16, 45.88
HSL hsl(328.62,30.81%,41.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(328.62,47.1%,54.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.965,32.0459,-7.3948)
XYZ xyz(15.5176,11.2299,15.2596)
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