Medium Purple

The color code of Medium 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 amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Medium Purple is somewhat limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 38 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 34 %, Medium Purple is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#9c3b9d`
RGB	`rgb(156, 59, 157)`
HSL*	`hsl(299, 45%, 42%)`
Lab*	`42.2 53.12 -34.28`
CMYK*	`1% 62% 0% 38%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

39 %

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