Pickled Plum Color

#8e4785

Pickled Plum 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 #71b87a
Complementary Color #478e50
Color Shade: mid magenta (307.61° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 41.76% (better contrasting with white)
Pickled Plum Color Sample
Pickled Plum Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8e4785

If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Pickled Plum Color. The Berry Light color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Royal Pretender (#a063a1) for more calm effect. Try Wine Tour as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#478e50 is the best complementary color to Pickled Plum. 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 #8e4785 complementary color is Fruit Salad, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

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 #73478e and #8e4761. Thus found on the left and right of #8e4785 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Affair and Cannon Pink colors as they work well with Pickled Plum.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pickled Plum palette consists of #478e73 and #618e47 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#478e50). Try Viridian and Hippie Green colors in combination with #8e4785, 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 #8e4785 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 Pickled Plum. Thus Smalt Blue and Sycamore giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pickled Plum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fruit Salad, Shadow, and Kashmir Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #8e4785 square combo is a palette of mid magenta, orange, mid green and blue cyan 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. Pickled Plum tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#478e50) and two others. The Sycamore is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Victoria – 120° from the complementary Fruit Salad. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #858e47 and #4f478e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8e4785 is made of 41% red, 21% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Pickled Plum has a hue angle of 307.61°, a saturation of 33.33% and a lightness of 41.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8e4785 is made of 0% cyan, 27.85% magenta, 3.53% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #8e4785
RGB Decimal rgb(142,71,133)
RGB Percentage 41%, 21%, 38%
CMYK 0, 27.85, 3.53, 44.31
HSL hsl(307.61,33.33%,41.76%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(307.61,50%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(41.1377,38.9335,-21.5691)
XYZ xyz(17.6422,11.9507,23.5672)
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