When Hardy Border past Buffering

#7b738e RGB(123,115,142)

About this color

When Hardy Border past Buffering occupies the medium, muted end of the violet spectrum, defined by its coordinates #7b738e — RGB(123, 115, 142).

#7b738eRGB(123, 115, 142)

HSL 258° · 11% 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

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 Hardy Border past Buffering
HEX
#7b738e
RGB
rgb(123,115,142)
RGB%
rgb(48.2%,45.1%,55.7%)
HSL
hsl(258,11%,50%)
HSV
hsv(258,19%,56%)
CMYK
cmyk(13,19,0,44)
LAB
lab(50,9,-14)
LCH
lch(50,17,303)
sRGB
(0.482,0.451,0.557)
HEX8
#7b738eff
CSS Name
Decimal
123115142

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Color info

Lightness
50%
Saturation
11%
Hue
258°
Chroma
17
Temperature
WarmCool
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