Medieval Wine Color

#8c7d88

Medieval Wine 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 #738277
Complementary Color #7d8c81
Color Shade: warm magenta (316° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 51.96% (better contrasting with white)
Medieval Wine Color Sample
Medieval Wine Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8c7d88

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Medieval Wine Color. The Dianthus Mauve color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Lythrum (#72696f) for more calm effect. Try Pirate's Trinket as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7d8c81 is the best complementary color to Medieval 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 #8c7d88 complementary color is Xanadu, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of violet, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Monsoon are #887d8c and #8c7d80. Thus found on the left and right of #8c7d88 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mamba and Hurricane colors as they work well with Medieval Wine.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Medieval Wine palette consists of #7d8c88 and #808c7d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7d8c81). Try Blue Smoke and Stack colors in combination with #8c7d88, 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 #8c7d88 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 Medieval Wine. Thus Oslo Gray and Bitter giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Medieval Wine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Xanadu, Natural Gray, and Waterloo split by 90° on the color wheel. #8c7d88 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, orange, 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. Medieval Wine tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#7d8c81) and two others. The Bitter is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Topaz – 120° from the complementary Xanadu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #888c7d and #817d8c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8c7d88 is made of 35% red, 31% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Medieval Wine has a hue angle of 316°, a saturation of 6.12% and a lightness of 51.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8c7d88 is made of 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 1.57% yellow and 45.1% black ink.

HEX #8c7d88
RGB Decimal rgb(140,125,136)
RGB Percentage 35%, 31%, 34%
CMYK 0, 5.88, 1.57, 45.1
HSL hsl(316,6.12%,51.96%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(316,10.71%,54.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(54.0485,7.7948,-3.8642)
XYZ xyz(22.5928,22.0203,26.3521)
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