8 Bit Eggplant Color

#990066

8 Bit Eggplant is deep, 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 #6f9
Complementary Color #093
Color Shade: warm magenta (320° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 30% (better contrasting with white)
8 Bit Eggplant Color Sample
8 Bit Eggplant Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #990066

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to 8 Bit Eggplant Color. The Eye Popping Cherry color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Rich Purple (#720058) for more calm effect. Try Aztec Warrior as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#093 is the best complementary color to 8 Bit Eggplant. 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 #906 complementary color is White, 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 White are #7f0099 and #990019. Thus found on the left and right of #906 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Purple and Carmine colors as they work well with 8 Bit Eggplant.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary 8 Bit Eggplant palette consists of #00997f and #199900 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#093). Try Persian Green and Japanese Laurel colors in combination with #906, 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 #906 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 8 Bit Eggplant. Thus Bahama Blue and Limeade giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of 8 Bit Eggplant contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Olive, and Resolution Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #906 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. 8 Bit Eggplant tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#093) and two others. The Limeade is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #659900 and #309.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #990066 is made of 60% red, 0% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode 8 Bit Eggplant has a hue angle of 320°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 30%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #990066 is made of 0% cyan, 60% magenta, 20% yellow and 40% black ink.

HEX #990066
RGB Decimal rgb(153,0,102)
RGB Percentage 60%, 0%, 40%
CMYK 0, 60, 20, 40
HSL hsl(320,100%,30%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(320,100%,60%)
CIE-LAB lab(33.4176,60.3704,-13.8917)
XYZ xyz(15.5351,7.7316,13.2439)
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