Sugar Plum Color

#914e75

Sugar Plum 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 #6eb18a
Complementary Color #4e916a
Color Shade: warm magenta (325.07° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 43.73% (better contrasting with white)
Sugar Plum Color Sample
Sugar Plum Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #914e75

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Sugar Plum Color. The Tapestry color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Penelope Pink (#9d6984) for more calm effect. Try Exotic Bloom as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4e916a is the best complementary color to Sugar Plum. 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 #914e75 complementary color is Fruit Salad, 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 #8b4e91 and #914e53. Thus found on the left and right of #914e75 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Affair and Copper Rust colors as they work well with Sugar Plum.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sugar Plum palette consists of #4e918b and #53914e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4e916a). Try Smalt Blue and Hippie Green colors in combination with #914e75, 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 #914e75 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 Sugar Plum. Thus Kashmir Blue and Asparagus giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sugar Plum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fruit Salad, Barley Corn, and Victoria split by 90° on the color wheel. #914e75 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. Sugar Plum tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#4e916a) and two others. The Asparagus is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Butterfly Bush – 120° from the complementary Fruit Salad. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #74914e and #6a4e91.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #914e75 is made of 43% red, 23% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Sugar Plum has a hue angle of 325.07°, a saturation of 30.04% and a lightness of 43.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #914e75 is made of 0% cyan, 26.27% magenta, 10.98% yellow and 43.14% black ink.

HEX #914e75
RGB Decimal rgb(145,78,117)
RGB Percentage 43%, 23%, 34%
CMYK 0, 26.27, 10.98, 43.14
HSL hsl(325.07,30.04%,43.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(325.07,46.21%,56.86%)
CIE-LAB lab(42.3885,33.3809,-9.8288)
XYZ xyz(17.6123,12.7529,18.3629)
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