Purple Cream Color

#d7cbd7

Purple Cream is pale, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm green, cool cyan or warm yellow

Inverse Color #283428
Complementary Color #cbd7cb
Color Shade: cool magenta (300° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 81.96% (better contrasting with black)
Purple Cream Color Sample
Purple Cream Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d7cbd7

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Cream Color. The Lavish Lavender color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Tripoli White (#e5e3e5) for more calm effect. Try Orchid Mist as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#cbd7cb is the best complementary color to Purple Cream. 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 #d7cbd7 complementary color is Tasman, 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 Lola are #d1cbd7 and #d7cbd1. Thus found on the left and right of #d7cbd7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gray Suit and Lola colors as they work well with Purple Cream.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Purple Cream palette consists of #cbd7d1 and #d1d7cb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cbd7cb). Try Conch and Celeste colors in combination with #d7cbd7, 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 #d7cbd7 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 Cream. Thus Tiara and Timberwolf giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Purple Cream contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tasman, Swirl, and Ghost split by 90° on the color wheel. #d7cbd7 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 Cream tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#cbd7cb) and two others. The Timberwolf is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Ghost – 120° from the complementary Tasman. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d7d7cb and #cbcbd7.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d7cbd7 is made of 34% red, 32% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Cream has a hue angle of 300°, a saturation of 13.04% and a lightness of 81.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d7cbd7 is made of 0% cyan, 4.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black ink.

HEX #d7cbd7
RGB Decimal rgb(215,203,215)
RGB Percentage 34%, 32%, 34%
CMYK 0, 4.7, 0, 15.69
HSL hsl(300,13.04%,81.96%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(300,5.58%,84.31%)
CIE-LAB lab(82.9481,6.3045,-4.4618)
XYZ xyz(61.646,62.0652,73.0207)
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