Purplish Blue

The color code of Purplish Blue indicates, that blue is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with red it also forms the basic color magenta, but still remains as dominant basic color for the initial color impression. Learn more …

Because achromatic basic colors like black and white are restrained, the colorfulness of Purplish Blue is not really limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 83 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 22 %, Purplish Blue is a quite dark color.

Hex	`#551cf1`
RGB	`rgb(85, 28, 241)`
HSL*	`hsl(256, 88%, 53%)`
Lab*	`36.2 72.59 -93.37`
CMYK*	`65% 88% 0% 5%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

61 %

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