Purple Pride is calm, cool-toned shade of violet. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with yellow green, mid cyan or orange
| Inverse Color | #5d8b4a |
| Complementary Color | #86b574 |
| Color Shade: | violet (282.46° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 58.24% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Pride Color. The Cut Velvet color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Satin Flower (#b48fbd) for more calm effect. Try Wisteria Purple as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#86b574 is the best complementary color to Purple Pride. Yellow green shades generally complement the violet hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a274b5 complementary color is Olivine, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #8174b5 and #b574a7. Thus found on the left and right of #a274b5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Purple Mountain's Majesty and Bouquet colors as they work well with Purple Pride.
The split-complementary Purple Pride palette consists of #74b581 and #a7b574 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#86b574). Try Silver Tree and Green Smoke colors in combination with #a274b5, 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 #a274b5 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 Purple Pride. Thus Acapulco and Mongoose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Purple Pride contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Olivine, Brandy Rose, and Neptune split by 90° on the color wheel. #a274b5 square combo is a palette of violet, mid red, yellow green and mid cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Purple Pride tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#86b574) and two others. The Mongoose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Wild Blue Yonder – 120° from the complementary Olivine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b5a274 and #7486b5.
In a RGB color space, hex #a274b5 is made of 35% red, 25% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Pride has a hue angle of 282.46°, a saturation of 30.52% and a lightness of 58.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a274b5 is made of 7.45% cyan, 25.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 29.02% black ink.
| HEX | #a274b5 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(162,116,181) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 25%, 39% |
| CMYK | 7.45, 25.49, 0, 29.02 |
| HSL | hsl(282.46,30.52%,58.24%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(282.46,35.91%,70.98%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.5922,29.8908,-27.3929) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.4862,23.5084,46.6995) |