Cool Purple Color

#aa23ff

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

Inverse Color #55dc00
Complementary Color #7f2
Color Shade: violet (276.82° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 56.86% (better contrasting with white)
Cool Purple Color Sample
Cool Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #aa23ff

If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Cool Purple Color. The Electric Violet color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Purple Climax (#8800ff) for more calm effect. Try Flamingo Queen as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7f2 is the best complementary color to Cool 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 #aa23ff complementary color is White, 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 Electric Violet are #3b22ff and #ff22e5. Thus found on the left and right of #aa23ff on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue and Razzle Dazzle Rose colors as they work well with Cool Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cool Purple palette consists of #22ff3b and #e5ff22 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7f2). Try Green and Broom colors in combination with #aa23ff, 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 #aa23ff 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 Cool Purple. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cool Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Red Orange, and Cyan / Aqua split by 90° on the color wheel. #aa23ff 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. Cool Purple tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#7f2) and two others. The White 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 #fa2 and #27f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #aa23ff is made of 37% red, 8% green and 55% blue. In a HSL mode Cool Purple has a hue angle of 276.82°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 56.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa23ff is made of 33.33% cyan, 86.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #aa23ff
RGB Decimal rgb(170,35,255)
RGB Percentage 37%, 8%, 55%
CMYK 33.33, 86.27, 0, 0
HSL hsl(276.82,100%,56.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(276.82,86.27%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(48.2198,82.3512,-81.0723)
XYZ xyz(35.2286,16.9681,96.0262)
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