Garden Plum Color

#9d8292

Garden Plum is pale, 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 #627d6d
Complementary Color #829d8d
Color Shade: warm magenta (324.44° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 56.27% (better contrasting with white)
Garden Plum Color Sample
Garden Plum Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9d8292

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Garden Plum Color. The Plum Dandy color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Imaginary Mauve (#89687d) for more energetic effect. Try Penelope Pink as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#829d8d is the best complementary color to Garden Plum. 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 #9d8292 complementary color is Spanish Green, 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 Mountbatten Pink are #9a829d and #9d8284. Thus found on the left and right of #9d8292 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mamba and Bazaar colors as they work well with Garden Plum.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Garden Plum palette consists of #829d9a and #849d82 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#829d8d). Try Granny Smith and Spanish Green colors in combination with #9d8292, 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 #9d8292 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 Garden Plum. Thus Regent Gray and Sage giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Garden Plum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spanish Green, Gurkha, and Waterloo split by 90° on the color wheel. #9d8292 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. Garden Plum tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#829d8d) and two others. The Sage is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Waterloo – 120° from the complementary Spanish Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #929d82 and #8d829d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9d8292 is made of 36% red, 30% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Garden Plum has a hue angle of 324.44°, a saturation of 12.11% and a lightness of 56.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9d8292 is made of 0% cyan, 10.59% magenta, 4.32% yellow and 38.43% black ink.

HEX #9d8292
RGB Decimal rgb(157,130,146)
RGB Percentage 36%, 30%, 34%
CMYK 0, 10.59, 4.32, 38.43
HSL hsl(324.44,12.11%,56.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(324.44,17.2%,61.57%)
CIE-LAB lab(57.2782,13.136,-4.7089)
XYZ xyz(27.0756,25.2087,30.6329)
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