Orchid Lei 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 | #63b582 |
| Complementary Color | #4a9c69 |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (322.68° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 45.1% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Orchid Lei Color. The Spruce Tree Flower color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Princely (#7d4961) for more calm effect. Try Pleasure as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#4a9c69 is the best complementary color to Orchid Lei. 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 #9c4a7d complementary color is Fruit Salad, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #914a9c and #9c4a53. Thus found on the left and right of #9c4a7d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Affair and Copper Rust colors as they work well with Orchid Lei.
The split-complementary Orchid Lei palette consists of #4a9c92 and #539c4a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a9c69). Try Breaker Bay and Fruit Salad colors in combination with #9c4a7d, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #9c4a7d 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 Orchid Lei. Thus Wedgewood and Asparagus giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Orchid Lei contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fruit Salad, Limed Oak, and Victoria split by 90° on the color wheel. #9c4a7d square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Orchid Lei tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#4a9c69) 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 #7d9c4a and #694a9c.
In a RGB color space, hex #9c4a7d is made of 44% red, 21% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Orchid Lei has a hue angle of 322.68°, a saturation of 35.65% and a lightness of 45.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9c4a7d is made of 0% cyan, 32.16% magenta, 12.16% yellow and 38.82% black ink.
| HEX | #9c4a7d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(156,74,125) |
| RGB Percentage | 44%, 21%, 35% |
| CMYK | 0, 32.16, 12.16, 38.82 |
| HSL | hsl(322.68,35.65%,45.1%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(322.68,52.56%,61.18%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(43.4279,40.5485,-13.0009) |
| XYZ | xyz(19.8608,13.4461,20.9506) |