What color is Purple Blue?
Purple blue is a cool, medium-dark color leaning more toward violet than navy, hex #6A5ACD, with a soft but rich tone similar to a lavender flower deepened by shadow. It has more blue in it than a typical purple, giving it a slightly steely, calm quality.
What is the meaning of the color Purple Blue?
Slate blue, the closest named relative of this shade, was documented in English color references by the early 19th century, reflecting the grey-tinged blue of natural slate stone. The color gained broader cultural presence through its adoption in heraldry and ecclesiastical textile traditions across Europe, where blue-purple tones signaled spiritual authority. By the 20th century, this range of blue-violet had been formally codified in design and web standards, with #6A5ACD listed in the CSS named color set as ‘SlateBlue’ — one of the original 16 colors defined in the HTML 4.01 specification published by the W3C in 1999.
What colors go with Purple Blue?
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Conversions & Codes
| Format | Value | CSS |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #6A5ACD |
color: #6A5ACD;
|
| RGB | 106, 90, 205 |
color: rgb(106, 90, 205);
|
| RGB Percentage | 42%, 35%, 80% |
color: rgb(42%, 35%, 80%);
|
| CMYK | 48%, 56%, 0%, 20% | Not supported in CSS |
| HSL | 248°, 53%, 58% |
color: hsl(248, 53%, 58%);
|
| HSV | 248°, 56%, 80% | Not supported in CSS |
| CIE-LAB | 46, 3, -38 |
color: lab(46% 3 -38);
|
| Decimal | 6970061 | Not supported in CSS |
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CSS & Dev Snippets
.purple-blue {
color: #6A5ACD;
}
$purple-blue: #6A5ACD;
rgb(106, 90, 205)