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Imperial Purple Triadic Color Scheme

Five colors arranged by the triadic rule around Imperial Purple (#5B3167), each snapped to its nearest named color.

#5B3167
#655F2D
#2B655F
#9A4EAE
#362C1D

Color names and codes

NameHEXRGBHSLCMYKOKLCH
Imperial Purple#5B316791, 49, 103287°, 36%, 30%12, 52, 0, 6039.0% 0.100 318
Saguaro#655F2D101, 95, 4554°, 38%, 29%0, 6, 55, 6047.9% 0.070 102
Alliance#2B655F43, 101, 95174°, 40%, 28%57, 0, 6, 6046.6% 0.061 186
Purpureus#9A4EAE154, 78, 174287°, 38%, 49%11, 55, 0, 3255.5% 0.161 319
Vanilla Bean Brown#362C1D54, 44, 2936°, 30%, 16%0, 19, 46, 7930.0% 0.029 77

Which pairs work for text

Text on backgroundContrastWCAG
Aa #9A4EAE on #362C1D2.65:1—
Aa #655F2D on #362C1D2.10:1—
Aa #2B655F on #362C1D2.04:1—
Aa #5B3167 on #9A4EAE1.96:1—
Aa #5B3167 on #655F2D1.55:1—
Aa #5B3167 on #2B655F1.50:1—

CSS variables

:root {
  --color-1: #5b3167; /* Imperial Purple */
  --color-2: #655f2d; /* Saguaro */
  --color-3: #2b655f; /* Alliance */
  --color-4: #9a4eae; /* Purpureus */
  --color-5: #362c1d; /* Vanilla Bean Brown */
}

Other schemes from Imperial Purple

More dark purple triadic color schemes

Questions

What colors go with Imperial Purple?

In a triadic scheme: Saguaro (#655F2D), Alliance (#2B655F), Purpureus (#9A4EAE), Vanilla Bean Brown (#362C1D).

What is the hex code of Imperial Purple?

#5B3167.