Grayish Purple

The color code of Grayish Purple indicates, that red and blue are the main light sources among the primary colors red, green and blue. Both combined form the basic color magenta, which determines the initial color impression. Learn more …

But due to the large amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Grayish Purple is strongly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 11 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 48 %, Grayish Purple is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#8e738f`
RGB	`rgb(142, 115, 143)`
HSL*	`hsl(298, 11%, 51%)`
Lab*	`51.83 15.75 -11.24`
CMYK*	`1% 20% 0% 44%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

45 %

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