Tropical Orchid Color

#a0828a

Tropical Orchid is pale, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green

Inverse Color #5f7d75
Complementary Color #82a098
Color Shade: red magenta (344° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 56.86% (better contrasting with white)
Tropical Orchid Color Sample
Tropical Orchid Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a0828a

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Tropical Orchid Color. The Greylac color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Grape Shake (#886971) for more calm effect. Try Copper Pink as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#82a098 is the best complementary color to Tropical Orchid. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a0828a complementary color is Granny Smith, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Bazaar are #a08298 and #a08982. Thus found on the left and right of #a0828a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mountbatten Pink and Pharlap colors as they work well with Tropical Orchid.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tropical Orchid palette consists of #8299a0 and #82a089 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#82a098). Try Regent Gray and Amulet colors in combination with #a0828a, 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 #a0828a offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Tropical Orchid. Thus Regent Gray and Amulet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tropical Orchid contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Granny Smith, Sage, and Waterloo split by 90° on the color wheel. #a0828a square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid 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. Tropical Orchid tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#82a098) and two others. The Amulet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mamba – 120° from the complementary Granny Smith. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8aa082 and #9882a0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a0828a is made of 37% red, 30% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Tropical Orchid has a hue angle of 344°, a saturation of 13.64% and a lightness of 56.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a0828a is made of 0% cyan, 11.77% magenta, 8.63% yellow and 37.25% black ink.

HEX #a0828a
RGB Decimal rgb(160,130,138)
RGB Percentage 37%, 30%, 32%
CMYK 0, 11.77, 8.63, 37.25
HSL hsl(344,13.64%,56.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(344,18.75%,62.75%)
CIE-LAB lab(57.3413,12.8306,0.0343)
XYZ xyz(27.0673,25.2738,27.4965)
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