Purple Wine is soft, 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 | #73ca8c |
| Complementary Color | #358c4e |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (317.24° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 37.84% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Wine Color. The Pretty in Prune 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 Palatinate Purple (#682860) for more calm effect. Try Velvet Mauve as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#358c4e is the best complementary color to Purple Wine. 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 #8c3573 complementary color is Sea Green, 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 Plum are #79358c and #8c3547. Thus found on the left and right of #8c3573 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Vivid Violet and Solid Pink colors as they work well with Purple Wine.
The split-complementary Purple Wine palette consists of #358c79 and #478c35 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#358c4e). Try Paradiso and Apple colors in combination with #8c3573, 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 #8c3573 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 Purple Wine. Thus Calypso and Sycamore giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Purple Wine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sea Green, Pesto, and Chambray split by 90° on the color wheel. #8c3573 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. Purple Wine tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#358c4e) and two others. The Sycamore is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gigas – 120° from the complementary Sea Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #738c35 and #4d358c.
In a RGB color space, hex #8c3573 is made of 45% red, 17% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Wine has a hue angle of 317.24°, a saturation of 45.08% and a lightness of 37.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8c3573 is made of 0% cyan, 34.12% magenta, 9.8% yellow and 45.1% black ink.
| HEX | #8c3573 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(140,53,115) |
| RGB Percentage | 45%, 17%, 37% |
| CMYK | 0, 34.12, 9.8, 45.1 |
| HSL | hsl(317.24,45.08%,37.84%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(317.24,62.14%,54.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(36.6674,44.2803,-17.3637) |
| XYZ | xyz(15.1828,9.3595,17.226) |