Purple Urn Orchid Color

#c364c5

Purple Urn Orchid is soft, 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 #3c9b3a
Complementary Color #65c563
Color Shade: cool magenta (298.76° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 58.24% (better contrasting with white)
Purple Urn Orchid Color Sample
Purple Urn Orchid Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c364c5

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Urn Orchid Color. The Love Priestess color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Zǐ Sè Purple (#c94cbe) for more energetic effect. Try Purple Kush as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#65c563 is the best complementary color to Purple Urn Orchid. 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 #c364c5 complementary color is Mantis, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Amethyst are #9263c5 and #c56396. Thus found on the left and right of #c364c5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Amethyst and Hopbush colors as they work well with Purple Urn Orchid.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Purple Urn Orchid palette consists of #63c592 and #96c563 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#65c563). Try De York and Mantis colors in combination with #c364c5, 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 #c364c5 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 Purple Urn Orchid. Thus Fountain Blue and Celery giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Purple Urn Orchid contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mantis, Twine, and Danube split by 90° on the color wheel. #c364c5 square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and cool 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 Urn Orchid tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#65c563) and two others. The Celery is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blue Marguerite – 120° from the complementary Mantis. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c5c363 and #6365c5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c364c5 is made of 40% red, 20% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Urn Orchid has a hue angle of 298.76°, a saturation of 45.54% and a lightness of 58.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c364c5 is made of 0.78% cyan, 38.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.75% black ink.

HEX #c364c5
RGB Decimal rgb(195,100,197)
RGB Percentage 40%, 20%, 40%
CMYK 0.78, 38.03, 0, 22.75
HSL hsl(298.76,45.54%,58.24%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(298.76,49.24%,77.25%)
CIE-LAB lab(56.8287,51.6285,-34.3322)
XYZ xyz(37.1409,24.7477,55.6426)
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