Plum Passion Color

#9b4b80

Plum Passion is soft, 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 #64b47f
Complementary Color #4a9b66
Color Shade: warm magenta (320.25° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 45.1% (better contrasting with white)
Plum Passion Color Sample
Plum Passion Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9b4b80

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Plum Passion Color. The Berry Boost 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 saturated alternative called Spruce Tree Flower (#b35e97) for more energetic effect. Try Wild Mulberry as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4a9b66 is the best complementary color to Plum Passion. 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 #9b4b80 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 #8e4a9b and #9b4a57. Thus found on the left and right of #9b4b80 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Affair and Copper Rust colors as they work well with Plum Passion.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Plum Passion palette consists of #4a9b8e and #579b4a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a9b66). Try Breaker Bay and Fruit Salad colors in combination with #9b4b80, 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 #9b4b80 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 Plum Passion. Thus Wedgewood and Asparagus giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Plum Passion contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fruit Salad, Limed Oak, and Victoria split by 90° on the color wheel. #9b4b80 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. Plum Passion tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#4a9b66) 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 #7f9b4a and #654a9b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9b4b80 is made of 43% red, 21% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Plum Passion has a hue angle of 320.25°, a saturation of 34.78% and a lightness of 45.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9b4b80 is made of 0% cyan, 31.37% magenta, 10.58% yellow and 39.22% black ink.

HEX #9b4b80
RGB Decimal rgb(155,75,128)
RGB Percentage 43%, 21%, 36%
CMYK 0, 31.37, 10.58, 39.22
HSL hsl(320.25,34.78%,45.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(320.25,51.61%,60.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.5941,40.1765,-14.5911)
XYZ xyz(19.9299,13.5592,21.9888)
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