Prickly Purple Color

#a264ba

Prickly Purple is soft, cool-toned shade of violet. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with yellow green, mid cyan or orange

Inverse Color #5d9b45
Complementary Color #7bba64
Color Shade: violet (283.26° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 56.08% (better contrasting with white)
Prickly Purple Color Sample
Prickly Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a264ba

If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Prickly Purple Color. The Fuchsia Pheromone color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Purpureus (#9a4eae) for more calm effect. Try Wisteria as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7bba64 is the best complementary color to Prickly Purple. Yellow green shades generally complement the violet hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a264ba complementary color is Mantis, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid blue, violet, and mid magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Wisteria are #7764ba and #ba64a6. Thus found on the left and right of #a264ba on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue Violet and Tapestry colors as they work well with Prickly Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Prickly Purple palette consists of #64ba77 and #a7ba64 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7bba64). Try Fern and Olive Green colors in combination with #a264ba, 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 #a264ba offers a combination of green cyan and orange shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Prickly Purple. Thus Tradewind and Husk giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Prickly Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mantis, Santa Fe, and Hippie Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #a264ba square combo is a palette of violet, mid red, yellow green and mid cyan 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. Prickly Purple tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#7bba64) and two others. The Husk is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Ship Cove – 120° from the complementary Mantis. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #baa264 and #647bba.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a264ba is made of 36% red, 22% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Prickly Purple has a hue angle of 283.26°, a saturation of 38.39% and a lightness of 56.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a264ba is made of 9.41% cyan, 33.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black ink.

HEX #a264ba
RGB Decimal rgb(162,100,186)
RGB Percentage 36%, 22%, 42%
CMYK 9.41, 33.72, 0, 27.06
HSL hsl(283.26,38.39%,56.08%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(283.26,46.24%,72.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(52.2205,39.9031,-35.5262)
XYZ xyz(28.3204,20.3409,48.8879)
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