Thick Basin by Steadying

#77508c RGB(119,80,140)

About this color

Thick Basin by Steadying is rendered by screens as RGB(119, 80, 140) — a medium-dark, moderate violet hue.

#77508cRGB(119, 80, 140)

HSL 279° · 27% 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
Thick Basin by Steadying
HEX
#77508c
RGB
rgb(119,80,140)
RGB%
rgb(46.7%,31.4%,54.9%)
HSL
hsl(279,27%,43%)
HSV
hsv(279,43%,55%)
CMYK
cmyk(15,43,0,45)
LAB
lab(40,28,-27)
LCH
lch(40,39,316)
sRGB
(0.467,0.314,0.549)
HEX8
#77508cff
CSS Name
Decimal
119080140

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Color info

Lightness
43%
Saturation
27%
Hue
279°
Chroma
39
Temperature
WarmCool
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