Purplish Gray

The color code of Purplish Gray indicates, that blue is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. As red and green have almost equal intensities, blue 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 Purplish Gray is strongly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 12 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 42 %, Purplish Gray is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#686987`
RGB	`rgb(104, 105, 135)`
HSL*	`hsl(238, 13%, 47%)`
Lab*	`45.35 6.55 -16.65`
CMYK*	`23% 22% 0% 47%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

47 %

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