Capricious Purple is vivid, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, cool cyan or warm yellow
| Inverse Color | #4f2 |
| Complementary Color | #2d0 |
| Color Shade: | cool magenta (290.77° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 43.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Capricious Purple Color. The Piercing Pink color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Violet Ink (#9400d3) for more calm effect. Try Flamingo Fury as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#2d0 is the best complementary color to Capricious Purple. 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 #b0d complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #4c00dd and #dd0090. Thus found on the left and right of #b0d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Electric Violet and Hollywood Cerise colors as they work well with Capricious Purple.
The split-complementary Capricious Purple palette consists of #00dd4c and #90dd00 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2d0). Try Malachite and Chartreuse colors in combination with #b0d, 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 #b0d offers a combination of warm cyan and warm yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Capricious Purple. Thus Robin's Egg Blue and Corn giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Capricious Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Grenadier, and Cerulean split by 90° on the color wheel. #b0d square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and cool cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Capricious Purple tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#2d0) and two others. The Corn 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 #ddba00 and #02d.
In a RGB color space, hex #bb00dd is made of 46% red, 0% green and 54% blue. In a HSL mode Capricious Purple has a hue angle of 290.77°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 43.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bb00dd is made of 13.34% cyan, 86.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black ink.
| HEX | #bb00dd |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(187,0,221) |
| RGB Percentage | 46%, 0%, 54% |
| CMYK | 13.34, 86.67, 0, 13.33 |
| HSL | hsl(290.77,100%,43.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(290.77,100%,86.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(46.6915,83.1226,-64.2663) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.5447,15.7853,69.6855) |