Purple Gray

The color code of Purple Gray indicates, that red is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with blue it also forms the basic color magenta, 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 Purple Gray is strongly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 10 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 47 %, Purple Gray is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#8c737e`
RGB	`rgb(140, 115, 126)`
HSL*	`hsl(334, 10%, 50%)`
Lab*	`51.09 11.72 -2.37`
CMYK*	`0% 18% 10% 45%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

45 %

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