Psychedelic Purple Color

#dd00ff

Psychedelic 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 #2f0
Complementary Color #21ff00
Color Shade: cool magenta (292° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Psychedelic Purple Color Sample
Psychedelic Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dd00ff

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Psychedelic Purple Color. The Rainbow's Inner Rim color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Spectacular Purple (#bb02fe) for more calm effect. Try The Grape War of 97' as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#21ff00 is the best complementary color to Psychedelic 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 #d0f complementary color is Harlequin, 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 White are #5d00ff and #ff00a1. Thus found on the left and right of #d0f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Electric Violet and Hollywood Cerise colors as they work well with Psychedelic Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Psychedelic Purple palette consists of #00ff5d and #a1ff00 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#21ff00). Try Spring Green and Lime colors in combination with #d0f, 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 #d0f 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 Psychedelic Purple. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Psychedelic Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Harlequin, Blaze Orange, and Azure Radiance split by 90° on the color wheel. #d0f 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. Psychedelic Purple tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#21ff00) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blue – 120° from the complementary Harlequin. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fd0 and #0021ff.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dd00ff is made of 46% red, 0% green and 54% blue. In a HSL mode Psychedelic Purple has a hue angle of 292°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dd00ff is made of 13.33% cyan, 100% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #dd00ff
RGB Decimal rgb(221,0,255)
RGB Percentage 46%, 0%, 54%
CMYK 13.33, 100, 0, 0
HSL hsl(292,100%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(292,100%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(54.6497,93.2844,-70.265)
XYZ xyz(47.8688,22.5922,96.4455)
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