Purple

The color code of Purple indicates, that blue is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with red it forms the basic color magenta, which determines the initial color impression along with the remains of blue. Learn more …

Because achromatic basic colors like black and white are somewhat restrained, the colorfulness of Purple is only slightly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 51 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 28 %, Purple is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#8b2aad`
RGB	`rgb(139, 42, 173)`
HSL*	`hsl(284, 61%, 42%)`
Lab*	`38.13 59.12 -50.5`
CMYK*	`20% 76% 0% 32%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

38 %

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