The Basin Since Clear Persisting

#655d6d RGB(101,93,109)

About this color

The Basin Since Clear Persisting occupies the medium-dark, muted end of the violet spectrum, defined by its coordinates #655d6d — RGB(101, 93, 109).

#655d6dRGB(101, 93, 109)

HSL 270° · 8% 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
The Basin Since Clear Persisting
HEX
#655d6d
RGB
rgb(101,93,109)
RGB%
rgb(39.6%,36.5%,42.7%)
HSL
hsl(270,8%,40%)
HSV
hsv(270,15%,43%)
CMYK
cmyk(7,15,0,57)
LAB
lab(41,7,-8)
LCH
lch(41,11,311)
sRGB
(0.396,0.365,0.427)
HEX8
#655d6dff
CSS Name
Decimal
101093109

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Color info

Lightness
40%
Saturation
8%
Hue
270°
Chroma
11
Temperature
WarmCool
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