When Cultivated Border near Returning

#b06fd3 RGB(176,111,211)

About this color

When Cultivated Border near Returning occupies the medium, vivid end of the violet spectrum, defined by its coordinates #b06fd3 — RGB(176, 111, 211).

#b06fd3RGB(176, 111, 211)

HSL 279° · 53% saturation · 63% 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 Cultivated Border near Returning
HEX
#b06fd3
RGB
rgb(176,111,211)
RGB%
rgb(69%,43.5%,82.7%)
HSL
hsl(279,53%,63%)
HSV
hsv(279,47%,83%)
CMYK
cmyk(17,47,0,17)
LAB
lab(57,43,-42)
LCH
lch(57,60,316)
sRGB
(0.69,0.435,0.827)
HEX8
#b06fd3ff
CSS Name
Decimal
176111211

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Color info

Lightness
63%
Saturation
53%
Hue
279°
Chroma
60
Temperature
WarmCool
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