Plum Dust 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 | #55b370 |
| Complementary Color | #4baa66 |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (317.23° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 48.24% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Plum Dust Color. The Pearly Purple color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Sister Loganberry Frost (#863f76) for more calm effect. Try Pink Parade as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#4baa66 is the best complementary color to Plum Dust. 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 #aa4c8f complementary color is Fruit Salad, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tapestry are #954baa and #aa4b60. Thus found on the left and right of #aa4c8f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Studio and Cadillac colors as they work well with Plum Dust.
The split-complementary Plum Dust palette consists of #4baa95 and #60aa4b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4baa66). Try Tradewind and Apple colors in combination with #aa4c8f, 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 #aa4c8f 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 Dust. Thus Hippie Blue and Chelsea Cucumber giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Plum Dust contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fruit Salad, Driftwood, and San Marino split by 90° on the color wheel. #aa4c8f square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Plum Dust tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#4baa66) and two others. The Chelsea Cucumber is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Studio – 120° from the complementary Fruit Salad. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8faa4b and #664baa.
In a RGB color space, hex #aa4c8f is made of 44% red, 20% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Plum Dust has a hue angle of 317.23°, a saturation of 38.21% and a lightness of 48.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa4c8f is made of 0% cyan, 36.87% magenta, 10.59% yellow and 33.33% black ink.
| HEX | #aa4c8f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(170,76,143) |
| RGB Percentage | 44%, 20%, 37% |
| CMYK | 0, 36.87, 10.59, 33.33 |
| HSL | hsl(317.23,38.21%,48.24%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(317.23,55.29%,66.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(46.5759,46.8314,-18.9069) |
| XYZ | xyz(24.1199,15.6981,27.7454) |