Orchid Dottyback is soft, 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 | #5a5 |
| Complementary Color | #5a5 |
| Color Shade: | cool magenta (300° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 50% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Orchid Dottyback Color. The Hyacinth Violet color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Pickled Plum (#8e4785) for more calm effect. Try Plum Pie as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#5a5 is the best complementary color to Orchid Dottyback. 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 #a5a complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and red magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #7f55aa and #aa557f. Thus found on the left and right of #a5a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Deluge and Tapestry colors as they work well with Orchid Dottyback.
The split-complementary Orchid Dottyback palette consists of #55aa7f and #7faa55 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5a5). Try Aqua Forest and Chelsea Cucumber colors in combination with #a5a, 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 #a5a 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 Orchid Dottyback. Thus Hippie Blue and Olive Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Orchid Dottyback contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Limed Oak, and Wedgewood split by 90° on the color wheel. #a5a 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. Orchid Dottyback tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#5a5) and two others. The Olive Green 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 #a9aa55 and #55a.
In a RGB color space, hex #aa55aa is made of 40% red, 20% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Orchid Dottyback has a hue angle of 300°, a saturation of 33.33% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa55aa is made of 0% cyan, 33.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black ink.
| HEX | #aa55aa |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(170,85,170) |
| RGB Percentage | 40%, 20%, 40% |
| CMYK | 0, 33.34, 0, 33.33 |
| HSL | hsl(300,33.33%,50%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(300,50%,66.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(49.4297,46.9907,-30.5093) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.0818,17.9453,40.0666) |