Information about Vintage Purple color

#693971 - Vintage Purple color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#693971, known as "Vintage Purple", falls into the Magenta Color Family — Mild Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(105, 57, 113) — 41.2% red, 22.4% green, 44.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 3 / 22 / 0 / 56. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#693971 is a moderately toned electric magenta that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Seance (#69326E). Slightly further away sit Sorghum (#74396F) and Victoria Red (#723A68).

In RGB terms — rgb(105, 57, 113) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 8.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.4:1. The name "Vintage Purple" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.

Vintage Purple color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Vintage Purple color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to Vintage Purple

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Seance color link
Seance

#69326E

Sorghum color link
Sorghum

#74396F

Victoria Red color link
Victoria Red

#723A68

Honey Flower color link
Honey Flower

#5C3C6D

Imperial color link
Imperial

#602F6B

Bellflower color link
Bellflower

#5D3F6A

Eminence color link
Eminence

#6C3082

Midnight color link
Midnight

#702670

Belladonna color link
Belladonna

#772C68

Purple Jam color link
Purple Jam

#6A287E

Vintage Purple color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#693971
  • RGB105, 57, 113
  • CMYK3, 22, 0, 56
  • CSSrgb(105, 57, 113)
  • HSL291°, 33%, 33%
  • HSL Precise291.429°, 32.941%, 33.333%
  • HSV291°, 50%, 44%
  • HSB291°, 50%, 44%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.412
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.224
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.443
  • GLSLvec3(0.412, 0.224, 0.443)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.412, 0.224, 0.443, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.412, 0.224, 0.443)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB41.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB22.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB44.3%
  • Color Family (Hue)Magenta
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID693971
  • DECIMAL ID6895985
  • Name Length14
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