The Burnished Acre with Joining

#8c65a0 RGB(140,101,160)

About this color

The Burnished Acre with Joining is rendered by screens as RGB(140, 101, 160) — a medium, muted violet hue.

#8c65a0RGB(140, 101, 160)

HSL 280° · 24% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
The Burnished Acre with Joining
HEX
#8c65a0
RGB
rgb(140,101,160)
RGB%
rgb(54.9%,39.6%,62.7%)
HSL
hsl(280,24%,51%)
HSV
hsv(280,37%,63%)
CMYK
cmyk(12,37,0,37)
LAB
lab(49,27,-26)
LCH
lch(49,37,316)
sRGB
(0.549,0.396,0.627)
HEX8
#8c65a0ff
CSS Name
Decimal
140101160

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Color info

Lightness
51%
Saturation
24%
Hue
280°
Chroma
37
Temperature
WarmCool
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