Purple Pirate Color

#bb00aa

Purple Pirate is vivid, cool-toned shade of mid magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid green, blue cyan or mid yellow

Inverse Color #4f5
Complementary Color #00bb10
Color Shade: mid magenta (305.45° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 36.67% (better contrasting with white)
Purple Pirate Color Sample
Purple Pirate Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bb00aa

If you're looking for a similar mid magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Pirate Color. The Fúchsia Intenso color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Vanishing Night (#990088) for more calm effect. Try Passionate Pink as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#00bb10 is the best complementary color to Purple Pirate. Mid green shades generally complement the mid magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b0a complementary color is Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of violet, mid magenta, and red magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #6e00bb and #bb004c. Thus found on the left and right of #b0a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Purple and Lipstick colors as they work well with Purple Pirate.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Purple Pirate palette consists of #00bb6e and #4cbb00 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#00bb10). Try Jade and Limeade colors in combination with #b0a, 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 #b0a 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 Purple Pirate. Thus Pacific Blue and Pistachio giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Purple Pirate contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Green, Indochine, and Cobalt split by 90° on the color wheel. #b0a square combo is a palette of mid magenta, orange, mid green and blue cyan 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. Purple Pirate tetradic combo consists of mid green complementary color (#00bb10) and two others. The Pistachio is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dark Blue – 120° from the complementary Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a9bb00 and #1000bb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bb00aa is made of 52% red, 0% green and 48% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Pirate has a hue angle of 305.45°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 36.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bb00aa is made of 0% cyan, 73.33% magenta, 6.66% yellow and 26.67% black ink.

HEX #bb00aa
RGB Decimal rgb(187,0,170)
RGB Percentage 52%, 0%, 48%
CMYK 0, 73.33, 6.66, 26.67
HSL hsl(305.45,100%,36.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(305.45,100%,73.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.4587,75.4087,-39.7234)
XYZ xyz(27.7492,13.4671,39.1671)
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