Purple Potion is vivid, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, blue cyan or mid yellow
| Inverse Color | #5f5 |
| Complementary Color | #0a0 |
| Color Shade: | cool magenta (300° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 33.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Potion Color. The Screaming Magenta color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Awkward Purple (#d208cc) for more calm effect. Try Philippine Violet as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#0a0 is the best complementary color to Purple Potion. Warm green shades generally complement the cool magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a0a complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #5400aa and #a05. Thus found on the left and right of #a0a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Purple and White colors as they work well with Purple Potion.
The split-complementary Purple Potion palette consists of #0a5 and #5a0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0a0). Try White and White colors in combination with #a0a, 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 #a0a offers a combination of mid cyan and mid yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Purple Potion. Thus Persian Green and Buddha Gold giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Purple Potion contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and Endeavour split by 90° on the color wheel. #a0a square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and blue 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 Potion tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#0a0) and two others. The Buddha Gold is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a9aa00 and #00a.
In a RGB color space, hex #aa00aa is made of 50% red, 0% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Potion has a hue angle of 300°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 33.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa00aa is made of 0% cyan, 66.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black ink.
| HEX | #aa00aa |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(170,0,170) |
| RGB Percentage | 50%, 0%, 50% |
| CMYK | 0, 66.67, 0, 33.33 |
| HSL | hsl(300,100%,33.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(300,100%,66.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(40.3255,72.5134,-44.9033) |
| XYZ | xyz(23.8333,11.4483,38.9838) |