The Brook past Lingering Working

#5b329d RGB(91,50,157)

About this color

The Brook past Lingering Working is rendered by screens as RGB(91, 50, 157) — a medium-dark, vivid violet hue.

#5b329dRGB(91, 50, 157)

HSL 263° · 52% 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

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 Brook past Lingering Working
HEX
#5b329d
RGB
rgb(91,50,157)
RGB%
rgb(35.7%,19.6%,61.6%)
HSL
hsl(263,52%,41%)
HSV
hsv(263,68%,62%)
CMYK
cmyk(42,68,0,38)
LAB
lab(32,42,-52)
LCH
lch(32,67,309)
sRGB
(0.357,0.196,0.616)
HEX8
#5b329dff
CSS Name
Decimal
091050157

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Color info

Lightness
41%
Saturation
52%
Hue
263°
Chroma
67
Temperature
WarmCool
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