When the Wise Basin upon Sounding

#9e31d8 RGB(158,49,216)

About this color

When the Wise Basin upon Sounding occupies the medium, vivid end of the violet spectrum, defined by its coordinates #9e31d8 — RGB(158, 49, 216).

#9e31d8RGB(158, 49, 216)

HSL 279° · 68% saturation · 52% 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 the Wise Basin upon Sounding
HEX
#9e31d8
RGB
rgb(158,49,216)
RGB%
rgb(62%,19.2%,84.7%)
HSL
hsl(279,68%,52%)
HSV
hsv(279,77%,85%)
CMYK
cmyk(27,77,0,15)
LAB
lab(45,69,-65)
LCH
lch(45,95,317)
sRGB
(0.62,0.192,0.847)
HEX8
#9e31d8ff
CSS Name
Decimal
158049216

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Color info

Lightness
52%
Saturation
68%
Hue
279°
Chroma
95
Temperature
WarmCool
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