Warm Purple Color

#952e8f

Warm Purple is deep, 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 #6ad170
Complementary Color #2e9534
Color Shade: mid magenta (303.5° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 38.24% (better contrasting with white)
Warm Purple Color Sample
Warm Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #952e8f

If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Warm Purple Color. The Count's Wardrobe color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Vivid Fuchsia (#b13aad) for more calm effect. Try San Francisco Pink as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#2e9534 is the best complementary color to Warm Purple. 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 #952e8f complementary color is Forest Green, 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 Plum are #672e95 and #952e5b. Thus found on the left and right of #952e8f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Eminence and Camelot colors as they work well with Warm Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Warm Purple palette consists of #2e9567 and #5b952e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2e9534). Try Sea Green and Olive Drab colors in combination with #952e8f, 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 #952e8f 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 Warm Purple. Thus Lochinvar and Wasabi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Warm Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Forest Green, Paarl, and St Tropaz split by 90° on the color wheel. #952e8f 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. Warm Purple tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#2e9534) and two others. The Wasabi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bay of Many – 120° from the complementary Forest Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8e952e and #342e95.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #952e8f is made of 44% red, 14% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Warm Purple has a hue angle of 303.5°, a saturation of 52.82% and a lightness of 38.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #952e8f is made of 0% cyan, 40.39% magenta, 2.35% yellow and 41.57% black ink.

HEX #952e8f
RGB Decimal rgb(149,46,143)
RGB Percentage 44%, 14%, 42%
CMYK 0, 40.39, 2.35, 41.57
HSL hsl(303.5,52.82%,38.24%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(303.5,69.13%,58.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.4225,54.2926,-31.84)
XYZ xyz(18.3293,10.3267,27.0138)
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