The Brook before True Enduring

#7b738d RGB(123,115,141)

About this color

The Brook before True Enduring reads as medium and muted — a violet tone recorded at #7b738d, RGB(123, 115, 141).

#7b738dRGB(123, 115, 141)

HSL 258° · 10% saturation · 50% 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

At medium lightness, this violet is flexible enough to serve 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

In terms of colour combinations, 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 Brook before True Enduring
HEX
#7b738d
RGB
rgb(123,115,141)
RGB%
rgb(48.2%,45.1%,55.3%)
HSL
hsl(258,10%,50%)
HSV
hsv(258,18%,55%)
CMYK
cmyk(13,18,0,45)
LAB
lab(50,9,-13)
LCH
lch(50,16,305)
sRGB
(0.482,0.451,0.553)
HEX8
#7b738dff
CSS Name
Decimal
123115141

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Color info

Lightness
50%
Saturation
10%
Hue
258°
Chroma
16
Temperature
WarmCool
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