Violet

The color code of Violet 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 in the same way as blue. Learn more …

Because achromatic basic colors like black and white are restrained, the colorfulness of Violet is not really limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 76 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 30 %, Violet is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#8c2aee`
RGB	`rgb(140, 42, 238)`
HSL*	`hsl(270, 85%, 55%)`
Lab*	`43.37 73.1 -79.64`
CMYK*	`41% 82% 0% 7%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

38 %

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