Safflower Purple 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 | #4bb368 |
| Complementary Color | #4bb469 |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (316.73° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 50.2% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Safflower Purple Color. The Pink Parade 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 soft alternative called Bodacious (#b76ba3) for more calm effect. Try Pickled Plum as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#4bb469 is the best complementary color to Safflower Purple. 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 #b44c97 complementary color is Chateau Green, 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 #9d4bb4 and #b44b62. Thus found on the left and right of #b44c97 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Studio and Cadillac colors as they work well with Safflower Purple.
The split-complementary Safflower Purple palette consists of #4bb49d and #62b44b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4bb469). Try Tradewind and Apple colors in combination with #b44c97, 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 #b44c97 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 Safflower Purple. Thus Steel Blue and Olive Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Safflower Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chateau Green, Husk, and San Marino split by 90° on the color wheel. #b44c97 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. Safflower Purple tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#4bb469) and two others. The Olive Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Studio – 120° from the complementary Chateau Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #96b44b and #694bb4.
In a RGB color space, hex #b44c97 is made of 44% red, 19% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Safflower Purple has a hue angle of 316.73°, a saturation of 40.94% and a lightness of 50.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b44c97 is made of 0% cyan, 40.79% magenta, 11.37% yellow and 29.41% black ink.
| HEX | #b44c97 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(180,76,151) |
| RGB Percentage | 44%, 19%, 37% |
| CMYK | 0, 40.79, 11.37, 29.41 |
| HSL | hsl(316.73,40.94%,50.2%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(316.73,57.78%,70.59%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(48.394,51.0941,-20.7702) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.9927,17.1065,31.1574) |