Melting Violet Color

#d4b8bf

Melting Violet is pale, 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 #2b4740
Complementary Color #b8d4cd
Color Shade: red magenta (345° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 77.65% (better contrasting with white)
Melting Violet Color Sample
Melting Violet Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d4b8bf

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Melting Violet Color. The Rose Meadow color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Pink Organdy (#e1d6d8) for more calm effect. Try Fairy-Nuff as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b8d4cd is the best complementary color to Melting Violet. 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 #d4b8bf complementary color is Jet Stream, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cold Turkey are #d4b8cc and #d4bfb8. Thus found on the left and right of #d4b8bf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Maverick and Clam Shell colors as they work well with Melting Violet.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Melting Violet palette consists of #b8cdd4 and #b8d4bf colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b8d4cd). Try Jungle Mist and Gum Leaf colors in combination with #d4b8bf, 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 #d4b8bf 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 Melting Violet. Thus Blue Haze and Pale Leaf giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Melting Violet contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jet Stream, Coriander, and Lavender Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #d4b8bf square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid 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. Melting Violet tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#b8d4cd) and two others. The Pale Leaf is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and London Hue – 120° from the complementary Jet Stream. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bfd4b8 and #cdb8d4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d4b8bf is made of 36% red, 31% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Melting Violet has a hue angle of 345°, a saturation of 24.56% and a lightness of 77.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d4b8bf is made of 0% cyan, 10.98% magenta, 8.24% yellow and 16.86% black ink.

HEX #d4b8bf
RGB Decimal rgb(212,184,191)
RGB Percentage 36%, 31%, 33%
CMYK 0, 10.98, 8.24, 16.86
HSL hsl(345,24.56%,77.65%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(345,13.21%,83.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(77.3045,11.1621,0.1492)
XYZ xyz(53.6958,52.0396,56.5048)
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