The Basin alongside Certain Lasting

#5612d2 RGB(86,18,210)

About this color

The Basin alongside Certain Lasting is rendered by screens as RGB(86, 18, 210) — a medium-dark, intense violet hue.

#5612d2RGB(86, 18, 210)

HSL 261° · 84% saturation · 45% 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 formats

Name
The Basin alongside Certain Lasting
HEX
#5612d2
RGB
rgb(86,18,210)
RGB%
rgb(33.7%,7.1%,82.4%)
HSL
hsl(261,84%,45%)
HSV
hsv(261,91%,82%)
CMYK
cmyk(59,91,0,18)
LAB
lab(32,68,-83)
LCH
lch(32,107,309)
sRGB
(0.337,0.071,0.824)
HEX8
#5612d2ff
CSS Name
Decimal
086018210

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Color info

Lightness
45%
Saturation
84%
Hue
261°
Chroma
107
Temperature
WarmCool
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