What Worldly Basin by Rounding

#5a29a4 RGB(90,41,164)

About this color

What Worldly Basin by Rounding occupies the medium-dark, vivid end of the violet spectrum, defined by its coordinates #5a29a4 — RGB(90, 41, 164).

#5a29a4RGB(90, 41, 164)

HSL 264° · 60% 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 formats

Name
What Worldly Basin by Rounding
HEX
#5a29a4
RGB
rgb(90,41,164)
RGB%
rgb(35.3%,16.1%,64.3%)
HSL
hsl(264,60%,40%)
HSV
hsv(264,75%,64%)
CMYK
cmyk(45,75,0,36)
LAB
lab(30,48,-58)
LCH
lch(30,75,310)
sRGB
(0.353,0.161,0.643)
HEX8
#5a29a4ff
CSS Name
Decimal
090041164

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Color info

Lightness
40%
Saturation
60%
Hue
264°
Chroma
75
Temperature
WarmCool
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