The Bay out Recollected Casting

#8555ad RGB(133,85,173)

About this color

The Bay out Recollected Casting is rendered by screens as RGB(133, 85, 173) — a medium, moderate violet hue.

#8555adRGB(133, 85, 173)

HSL 273° · 35% saturation · 51% 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 Bay out Recollected Casting
HEX
#8555ad
RGB
rgb(133,85,173)
RGB%
rgb(52.2%,33.3%,67.8%)
HSL
hsl(273,35%,51%)
HSV
hsv(273,51%,68%)
CMYK
cmyk(23,51,0,32)
LAB
lab(45,37,-40)
LCH
lch(45,54,313)
sRGB
(0.522,0.333,0.678)
HEX8
#8555adff
CSS Name
Decimal
133085173

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Color info

Lightness
51%
Saturation
35%
Hue
273°
Chroma
54
Temperature
WarmCool
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