Spicy Purple is soft, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green
| Inverse Color | #46c691 |
| Complementary Color | #38b983 |
| Color Shade: | red magenta (335.16° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 47.45% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Spicy Purple Color. The Raspberry Romantic color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Pink Horror (#90305d) for more calm effect. Try Lipstick as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#38b983 is the best complementary color to Spicy Purple. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b9396e complementary color is Keppel, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Hibiscus are #b938ad and #b94438. Thus found on the left and right of #b9396e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Medium Red Violet and Mojo colors as they work well with Spicy Purple.
The split-complementary Spicy Purple palette consists of #38aeb9 and #38b944 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#38b983). Try Pelorous and Apple colors in combination with #b9396e, 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 #b9396e offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Spicy Purple. Thus Azure and Sushi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Spicy Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Keppel, Earls Green, and Governor Bay split by 90° on the color wheel. #b9396e square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Spicy Purple tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#38b983) and two others. The Sushi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Purple Heart – 120° from the complementary Keppel. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6db938 and #8338b9.
In a RGB color space, hex #b9396e is made of 53% red, 16% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Spicy Purple has a hue angle of 335.16°, a saturation of 52.89% and a lightness of 47.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b9396e is made of 0% cyan, 50.2% magenta, 29.41% yellow and 27.45% black ink.
| HEX | #b9396e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(185,57,110) |
| RGB Percentage | 53%, 16%, 31% |
| CMYK | 0, 50.2, 29.41, 27.45 |
| HSL | hsl(335.16,52.89%,47.45%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(335.16,69.19%,72.55%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(44.7538,55.4066,-1.3277) |
| XYZ | xyz(24.2852,14.3663,16.2449) |