Plum
It is a pastel magenta color having an approximate luminance of 41%. It has a hue value of 307° indicating that this is a cold color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Razzmic Berry, Violet (crayola), Sugar Plum, Magenta Haze, Maximum Red Purple, Twilight Lavender, Antique Fuchsia, Fandango, Maximum Purple and Purpureus. A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.
The following list contains the conversion results of color Plum
to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (142, 69, 133)
#8e4585
hsl (307.4, 34.6%, 41.4%)
hsv (307.4, 51.4%, 55.7%)
lab (40.7, 40, -22.2)
xyz (17.5, 11.7, 23.5)
The rgb, hexadecimal and hsl values can be used in webpages to define the colors of different objects. You can select a value easily by clicking on it.
In real life paints might have a different shade compared to as they appear on your display. You shall always consult and double-check colors with a professional paint provider before you order.
The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.
The left side contains the reference color, while the right side shows the matched color. For each item there is a link to our partner MyPerfectColor.com, where you can buy corresponding paints.
Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to Plum respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.
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Tints
These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel magenta color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.
This color scale contains similar colors to Pearly Purple, Opera Mauve, African Violet, Sky Magenta, Lilac, Glossy Grape, Orchid (Crayola), Thistle, Pink Lavender, Queen Pink, Languid Lavender, Lavender Blush, Pale Purple (Pantone) and Lavender (Web).
Shades
These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel magenta color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.
This color scale contains similar colors to Palatinate Purple, Japanese Violet, Byzantium, Dark Byzantium, English Violet, Dark Purple, Black Coffee, Eigengrau, Raisin Black, Smoky Black and Eerie Black.
Tones
These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel magenta color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.
This color scale contains similar colors to Razzmic Berry, Sugar Plum, Twilight Lavender, Chinese Violet, Antique Fuchsia, Old Lavender, Eggplant, Deep Taupe, Dark Liver, Granite Gray and Davy's Grey.
Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.
We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively.
In the following tables these color schemes are present.
Monochromatic
The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.
This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of blue, magenta and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Slate Blue, Cosmic Cobalt, Maximum Blue Purple, Blue Bell, Byzantium, Palatinate Purple, Orchid (Crayola), Plum (Web), Pansy Purple, Claret, Tickle Me Pink and Vanilla Ice.
Complementary
The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.
This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of magenta and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Pearly Purple, Mulberry (Crayola), UP Forest Green, Forest Green (Traditional), Medium Sea Green and Emerald.
Triadic
The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.
This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of magenta, cyan and yellow colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Pearly Purple, Mulberry (Crayola), Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Deep Jungle Green, Maximum Blue Green, Maximum Blue, Field Drab, Antique Bronze, Vegas Gold and Satin Sheen Gold.
Tetradic
The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.
This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of magenta, orange, green, cyan and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Pearly Purple, Mulberry (Crayola), Chocolate (Traditional), Sepia, Tan (Crayola), Persian Orange, UP Forest Green, Forest Green (Traditional), Medium Sea Green, Emerald, Blue Sapphire, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Maximum Blue and Dark Sky Blue.
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