What color is Boysenberry?
Boysenberry is a deep, muted purple-red with a cool, bluish lean, hex #873260, close to the skin of a ripe plum. The color has a dark, berry-stained quality, rich but not bright.
What is the meaning of the color Boysenberry?
Named after Rudolph Boysen, the botanist who crossbred the boysenberry fruit in Anaheim, California in the late 1920s, the color takes its identity directly from the fruit’s distinctive dark purplish-red skin. The berry was commercially introduced by Walter Knott of Knott’s Berry Farm in 1932, giving the name wide public recognition across the United States. As a color name, boysenberry entered design and fashion use in the mid-to-late twentieth century, appearing in Crayola’s color vocabulary as part of expanded crayon sets introduced to broaden purple-red options beyond standard magenta.
What colors go with Boysenberry?
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Conversions & Codes
| Format | Value | CSS |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #873260 |
color: #873260;
|
| RGB | 135, 50, 96 |
color: rgb(135, 50, 96);
|
| RGB Percentage | 53%, 20%, 38% |
color: rgb(53%, 20%, 38%);
|
| CMYK | 0%, 63%, 29%, 47% | Not supported in CSS |
| HSL | 328°, 46%, 36% |
color: hsl(328, 46%, 36%);
|
| HSV | 328°, 63%, 53% | Not supported in CSS |
| CIE-LAB | 29, 17, -15 |
color: lab(29% 17 -15);
|
| Decimal | 8860256 | Not supported in CSS |
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CSS & Dev Snippets
.boysenberry {
color: #873260;
}
$boysenberry: #873260;
rgb(135, 50, 96)