When Solid Basin beneath Bending

#5a488e RGB(90,72,142)

About this color

When Solid Basin beneath Bending is rendered by screens as RGB(90, 72, 142) — a medium-dark, moderate violet hue.

#5a488eRGB(90, 72, 142)

HSL 255° · 33% saturation · 42% 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
When Solid Basin beneath Bending
HEX
#5a488e
RGB
rgb(90,72,142)
RGB%
rgb(35.3%,28.2%,55.7%)
HSL
hsl(255,33%,42%)
HSV
hsv(255,49%,56%)
CMYK
cmyk(37,49,0,44)
LAB
lab(36,25,-36)
LCH
lch(36,44,305)
sRGB
(0.353,0.282,0.557)
HEX8
#5a488eff
CSS Name
Decimal
090072142

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Color info

Lightness
42%
Saturation
33%
Hue
255°
Chroma
44
Temperature
WarmCool
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