Purple Brown

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

But due to the large amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Purple Brown is strongly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 17 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 25 %, Purple Brown is a quite dark color.

Hex	`#5a3b2f`
RGB	`rgb(90, 59, 47)`
HSL*	`hsl(17, 31%, 27%)`
Lab*	`28.13 12.05 12.98`
CMYK*	`0% 34% 48% 65%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

65 %

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