Plum Smoke Color

#928e8e

Plum Smoke is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #6d7171
Complementary Color #8e9292
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 56.47% (better contrasting with white)
Plum Smoke Color Sample
Plum Smoke Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #928e8e

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Plum Smoke Color. The Heirloom Orchid color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Warplock Bronze Metal (#927d7b) for more energetic effect. Try Steel Wool as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8e9292 is the best complementary color to Plum Smoke. Warm cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #928e8e complementary color is Oslo Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, mid red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Gray are #928e90 and #92908e. Thus found on the left and right of #928e8e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Venus and Natural Gray colors as they work well with Plum Smoke.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Plum Smoke palette consists of #8e9092 and #8e9290 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8e9292). Try Oslo Gray and Mantle colors in combination with #928e8e, 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 #928e8e offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Plum Smoke. Thus Manatee and Stack giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Plum Smoke contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Oslo Gray, Lemon Grass, and Mountain Mist split by 90° on the color wheel. #928e8e square combo is a palette of mid red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm 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. Plum Smoke tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#8e9292) and two others. The Stack is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Venus – 120° from the complementary Oslo Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8e928e and #928e92.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #928e8e is made of 34% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Plum Smoke has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 1.8% and a lightness of 56.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #928e8e is made of 0% cyan, 1.56% magenta, 1.56% yellow and 42.75% black ink.

HEX #928e8e
RGB Decimal rgb(146,142,142)
RGB Percentage 34%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0, 1.56, 1.56, 42.75
HSL hsl(0,1.8%,56.47%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,2.74%,57.25%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.3519,1.4776,0.517)
XYZ xyz(26.4095,27.41,29.4899)
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