Magenta Memoir Color

#b4559b

Magenta Memoir 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 #4baa64
Complementary Color #55b46e
Color Shade: warm magenta (315.79° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 51.96% (better contrasting with white)
Magenta Memoir Color Sample
Magenta Memoir Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b4559b

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Magenta Memoir Color. The Maximum Red Purple color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Bishop Red (#c473a9) for more energetic effect. Try Eccentric Magenta as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#55b46e is the best complementary color to Magenta Memoir. 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 #b4559b complementary color is Fern, 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 Tapestry are #9d55b4 and #b4556b. Thus found on the left and right of #b4559b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wisteria and Cadillac colors as they work well with Magenta Memoir.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Magenta Memoir palette consists of #55b49d and #6bb455 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#55b46e). Try Tradewind and Fern colors in combination with #b4559b, 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 #b4559b 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 Magenta Memoir. Thus Hippie Blue and Olive Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Magenta Memoir contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fern, Husk, and San Marino split by 90° on the color wheel. #b4559b 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. Magenta Memoir tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#55b46e) and two others. The Olive Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blue Violet – 120° from the complementary Fern. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9bb455 and #6d55b4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b4559b is made of 43% red, 20% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Magenta Memoir has a hue angle of 315.79°, a saturation of 38.78% and a lightness of 51.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b4559b is made of 0% cyan, 37.26% magenta, 9.81% yellow and 29.41% black ink.

HEX #b4559b
RGB Decimal rgb(180,85,155)
RGB Percentage 43%, 20%, 37%
CMYK 0, 37.26, 9.81, 29.41
HSL hsl(315.79,38.78%,51.96%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(315.79,52.78%,70.59%)
CIE-LAB lab(50.1765,47.3985,-20.4067)
XYZ xyz(27.9873,18.5669,33.119)
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