Matronly Bog beside Clearing

#3c15b6 RGB(60,21,182)

About this color

Matronly Bog beside Clearing occupies the medium-dark, intense end of the violet spectrum, defined by its coordinates #3c15b6 — RGB(60, 21, 182).

#3c15b6RGB(60, 21, 182)

HSL 255° · 79% saturation · 40% lightness

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Psychology

Violet at medium lightness walks a line between warm and cool — often associated with creativity, spirituality and ambiguity.

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History

The original purple dye — Tyrian purple — was extracted from sea snails and required thousands of molluscs for a single garment, making it the most expensive colour in the ancient world.

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Design use

This shade sits in a versatile middle ground — useful as interactive elements, tags, badges, and highlight states. It has enough saturation to register clearly without straining extended-reading contexts.

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Colour pairings

When it comes to colour harmony, pair this violet with gold and cream for a rich, considered palette, or with sage and natural linen for something quieter and more contemplative.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
Matronly Bog beside Clearing
HEX
#3c15b6
RGB
rgb(60,21,182)
RGB%
rgb(23.5%,8.2%,71.4%)
HSL
hsl(255,79%,40%)
HSV
hsv(255,88%,71%)
CMYK
cmyk(67,88,0,29)
LAB
lab(26,58,-76)
LCH
lch(26,96,307)
sRGB
(0.235,0.082,0.714)
HEX8
#3c15b6ff
CSS Name
Decimal
060021182

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Color info

Lightness
40%
Saturation
79%
Hue
255°
Chroma
96
Temperature
WarmCool
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