Plum Kingdom Color

#aa3377

Plum Kingdom is soft, 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 #5c8
Complementary Color #3a6
Color Shade: warm magenta (325.71° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 43.33% (better contrasting with white)
Plum Kingdom Color Sample
Plum Kingdom Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #aa3377

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Plum Kingdom Color. The Nail Polish Pink color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Pink Yarrow (#ce3175) for more energetic effect. Try Mulberry Yogurt as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3a6 is the best complementary color to Plum Kingdom. 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 #a37 complementary color is White, 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 #a133aa and #aa333b. Thus found on the left and right of #a37 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Vivid Violet and Medium Carmine colors as they work well with Plum Kingdom.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Plum Kingdom palette consists of #33aaa1 and #3baa33 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3a6). Try Keppel and Apple colors in combination with #a37, 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 #a37 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 Kingdom. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Plum Kingdom contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Alpine, and Governor Bay split by 90° on the color wheel. #a37 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 Kingdom tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#3a6) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Purple Heart – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7a3 and #6533aa.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #aa3377 is made of 50% red, 15% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Plum Kingdom has a hue angle of 325.71°, a saturation of 53.85% and a lightness of 43.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa3377 is made of 0% cyan, 46.67% magenta, 20% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #aa3377
RGB Decimal rgb(170,51,119)
RGB Percentage 50%, 15%, 35%
CMYK 0, 46.67, 20, 33.33
HSL hsl(325.71,53.85%,43.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(325.71,70%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(41.6038,54.4157,-11.8632)
XYZ xyz(21.0912,12.2456,18.7048)
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