Plum Pie is soft, cool-toned shade of mid magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid green, blue cyan or mid yellow
| Inverse Color | #71ba7a |
| Complementary Color | #448e4e |
| Color Shade: | mid magenta (307.4° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 41.37% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Plum Pie Color. The Orchid Dottyback color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Berry Light (#673b66) for more calm effect. Try Wine Tour as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#448e4e is the best complementary color to Plum Pie. Mid green shades generally complement the mid magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8e4585 complementary color is Goblin, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of violet, mid magenta, and red magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Cannon Pink are #72448e and #8e4460. Thus found on the left and right of #8e4585 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Affair and Cannon Pink colors as they work well with Plum Pie.
The split-complementary Plum Pie palette consists of #448e72 and #608e44 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#448e4e). Try Viridian and Hippie Green colors in combination with #8e4585, 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 #8e4585 offers a combination of mid cyan and mid yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Plum Pie. Thus Wedgewood and Sycamore giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Plum Pie contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Goblin, Cape Palliser, and Kashmir Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #8e4585 square combo is a palette of mid magenta, orange, mid green and blue cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Plum Pie tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#448e4e) and two others. The Sycamore is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Victoria – 120° from the complementary Goblin. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #848e44 and #4e448e.
In a RGB color space, hex #8e4585 is made of 41% red, 20% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Plum Pie has a hue angle of 307.4°, a saturation of 34.6% and a lightness of 41.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8e4585 is made of 0% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 3.53% yellow and 44.31% black ink.
| HEX | #8e4585 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(142,69,133) |
| RGB Percentage | 41%, 20%, 39% |
| CMYK | 0, 28.63, 3.53, 44.31 |
| HSL | hsl(307.4,34.6%,41.37%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(307.4,51.41%,55.69%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(40.7361,39.9888,-22.1907) |
| XYZ | xyz(17.5171,11.7005,23.5255) |