When Olive Brook among Seeding

#898093 RGB(137,128,147)

About this color

When Olive Brook among Seeding occupies the medium, muted end of the violet spectrum, defined by its coordinates #898093 — RGB(137, 128, 147).

#898093RGB(137, 128, 147)

HSL 268° · 8% saturation · 54% 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
When Olive Brook among Seeding
HEX
#898093
RGB
rgb(137,128,147)
RGB%
rgb(53.7%,50.2%,57.6%)
HSL
hsl(268,8%,54%)
HSV
hsv(268,13%,58%)
CMYK
cmyk(7,13,0,42)
LAB
lab(55,7,-9)
LCH
lch(55,11,308)
sRGB
(0.537,0.502,0.576)
HEX8
#898093ff
CSS Name
Decimal
137128147

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Color info

Lightness
54%
Saturation
8%
Hue
268°
Chroma
11
Temperature
WarmCool
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