Purplish Brown

The color code of Purplish Brown indicates, that red is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. As green and blue have equal intensities, red 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 Brown 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 39 %, Purplish Brown is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#805b5b`
RGB	`rgb(128, 91, 91)`
HSL*	`hsl(0, 17%, 43%)`
Lab*	`42.5 15.2 6.03`
CMYK*	`0% 29% 29% 50%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

50 %

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