Hardy Bluff for Stirring

#712dac RGB(113,45,172)

About this color

Hardy Bluff for Stirring is rendered by screens as RGB(113, 45, 172) — a medium-dark, vivid violet hue.

#712dacRGB(113, 45, 172)

HSL 272° · 59% saturation · 43% 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
Hardy Bluff for Stirring
HEX
#712dac
RGB
rgb(113,45,172)
RGB%
rgb(44.3%,17.6%,67.5%)
HSL
hsl(272,59%,43%)
HSV
hsv(272,74%,67%)
CMYK
cmyk(34,74,0,33)
LAB
lab(35,53,-56)
LCH
lch(35,77,313)
sRGB
(0.443,0.176,0.675)
HEX8
#712dacff
CSS Name
Decimal
113045172

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Color info

Lightness
43%
Saturation
59%
Hue
272°
Chroma
77
Temperature
WarmCool
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