Slow Bay without Persisting

#5b12ec RGB(91,18,236)

About this color

Slow Bay without Persisting is rendered by screens as RGB(91, 18, 236) — a medium, intense violet hue.

#5b12ecRGB(91, 18, 236)

HSL 260° · 86% saturation · 50% 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
Slow Bay without Persisting
HEX
#5b12ec
RGB
rgb(91,18,236)
RGB%
rgb(35.7%,7.1%,92.5%)
HSL
hsl(260,86%,50%)
HSV
hsv(260,92%,93%)
CMYK
cmyk(61,92,0,7)
LAB
lab(35,74,-92)
LCH
lch(35,118,309)
sRGB
(0.357,0.071,0.925)
HEX8
#5b12ecff
CSS Name
Decimal
091018236

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Color info

Lightness
50%
Saturation
86%
Hue
260°
Chroma
118
Temperature
WarmCool
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