Pale Violet

The color code of Pale Violet indicates, that blue is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with red 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 Pale Violet is strongly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 24 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 69 %, Pale Violet is a rather light color.

Hex	`#b9a8e6`
RGB	`rgb(185, 168, 230)`
HSL*	`hsl(256, 55%, 78%)`
Lab*	`72.25 18.59 -28.93`
CMYK*	`20% 27% 0% 10%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

66 %

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