Plum Paradise Color

#aa1166

Plum Paradise is deep, 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 #5e9
Complementary Color #10aa55
Color Shade: warm magenta (326.67° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 36.67% (better contrasting with white)
Plum Paradise Color Sample
Plum Paradise Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #aa1166

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Plum Paradise Color. The Xīpe Totēc Red color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called French Plum (#811453) for more calm effect. Try Akuma's Fury as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#10aa55 is the best complementary color to Plum Paradise. 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 #a16 complementary color is Salem, 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 White are #a110aa and #aa1019. Thus found on the left and right of #a16 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Seance and Tamarillo colors as they work well with Plum Paradise.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Plum Paradise palette consists of #10aaa1 and #19aa10 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#10aa55). Try Blue Chill and La Palma colors in combination with #a16, 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 #a16 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 Plum Paradise. Thus Tory Blue and Christi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Plum Paradise contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Salem, Sahara, and Torea Bay split by 90° on the color wheel. #a16 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. Plum Paradise tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#10aa55) and two others. The Christi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blue Gem – 120° from the complementary Salem. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #65aa10 and #5510aa.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #aa1166 is made of 59% red, 6% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Plum Paradise has a hue angle of 326.67°, a saturation of 81.82% and a lightness of 36.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa1166 is made of 0% cyan, 60% magenta, 26.67% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #aa1166
RGB Decimal rgb(170,17,102)
RGB Percentage 59%, 6%, 35%
CMYK 0, 60, 26.67, 33.33
HSL hsl(326.67,81.82%,36.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(326.67,90%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(37.6737,61.903,-7.1186)
XYZ xyz(19.1763,9.9063,13.4718)
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