Purplish Gray

The color code of Purplish Gray indicates, that blue is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with green it also forms the basic color cyan, 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 Purplish Gray is strongly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 14 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 43 %, Purplish Gray is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#686d8c`
RGB	`rgb(104, 109, 140)`
HSL*	`hsl(232, 15%, 48%)`
Lab*	`46.68 5.41 -17.61`
CMYK*	`26% 22% 0% 45%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

45 %

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