Dusky Purple

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

But due to the large amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Dusky Purple is strongly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 18 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 47 %, Dusky Purple is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#996b8c`
RGB	`rgb(153, 107, 140)`
HSL*	`hsl(317, 18%, 51%)`
Lab*	`50.9 23.8 -10.76`
CMYK*	`0% 30% 8% 40%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

42 %

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