Purple Hollyhock is soft, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow
| Inverse Color | #269352 |
| Complementary Color | #6bd997 |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (324.22° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 63.73% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Hollyhock Color. The Pretty in Plum color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Twinkly Pinkily (#cf4796) for more calm effect. Try Krameria as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6bd997 is the best complementary color to Purple Hollyhock. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d96cad complementary color is Pastel Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Hopbush are #ce6bd9 and #d96b76. Thus found on the left and right of #d96cad on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lavender and Japonica colors as they work well with Purple Hollyhock.
The split-complementary Purple Hollyhock palette consists of #6bd9ce and #76d96b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6bd997). Try Viking and Pastel Green colors in combination with #d96cad, 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 #d96cad offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Purple Hollyhock. Thus Danube and Yellow Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Purple Hollyhock contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pastel Green, Tacha, and Moody Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #d96cad square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Purple Hollyhock tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#6bd997) and two others. The Yellow Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Medium Purple – 120° from the complementary Pastel Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #add96b and #976bd9.
In a RGB color space, hex #d96cad is made of 44% red, 22% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Hollyhock has a hue angle of 324.22°, a saturation of 58.92% and a lightness of 63.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d96cad is made of 0% cyan, 42.75% magenta, 17.26% yellow and 14.9% black ink.
| HEX | #d96cad |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(217,108,173) |
| RGB Percentage | 44%, 22%, 35% |
| CMYK | 0, 42.75, 17.26, 14.9 |
| HSL | hsl(324.22,58.92%,63.73%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(324.22,50.23%,85.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(60.3324,50.3646,-14.9525) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.5207,28.494,42.8467) |