When Old-fashioned Bay within Buffering

#4e2ea3 RGB(78,46,163)

About this color

When Old-fashioned Bay within Buffering presents itself as a medium-dark, vivid violet shade, sitting at #4e2ea3 in the 24-bit RGB space.

#4e2ea3RGB(78, 46, 163)

HSL 256° · 56% saturation · 41% 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

At medium lightness, this violet is flexible enough to serve 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

In terms of colour combinations, 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
When Old-fashioned Bay within Buffering
HEX
#4e2ea3
RGB
rgb(78,46,163)
RGB%
rgb(30.6%,18%,63.9%)
HSL
hsl(256,56%,41%)
HSV
hsv(256,72%,64%)
CMYK
cmyk(52,72,0,36)
LAB
lab(30,44,-58)
LCH
lch(30,73,307)
sRGB
(0.306,0.18,0.639)
HEX8
#4e2ea3ff
CSS Name
Decimal
078046163

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Color info

Lightness
41%
Saturation
56%
Hue
256°
Chroma
73
Temperature
WarmCool
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