What is hex #823080 color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 51% red, 19% green and 50% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (130,48,128).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 63%, 2%, 49%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #823080 features a hue of 301°, 63% saturation, and a brightness value of 51%.

Hex #823080 Color Codes & Equivalents

RGB Values (130,48,128)
CMYK Values (0%, 63%, 2%, 49%)
HSV/HSB Values (301°, 63%, 51%)
Closest Web Safe
#993399
Inverse Color
#7DCF7F
Closest Pantone®
512 C
Closest RAL
RAL 4006 [Traffic purple]
Complementary Color
#308232

#823080 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#666666
Lightness (Desaturation)
#595959
Weighted (BT601)
#525252
Luma (BT709)
#474747

Hex #823080 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #823080 is #308232. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #823080 you will find #308232. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #823080 is composed with colors #5B3082 and #823057. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #823080 with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #823080 is composed with colors #30825B and #578230. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #823080 is composed with colors #308082 and #808230. They are located to the right and left of your main color #823080 with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #823080 is composed with colors #808230, #308232 and #323082 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #823080 is composed with colors #825B30, #308232 and #305782 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette looks a lot like the Tetradic palette but it is less dark which is nicer in my opinion.

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #823080

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #823080.

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

Hex #823080 in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #823080
Java new Color(130,48,128);
Python Color(#823080)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 130,48,128);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.51, green: 0.19, blue: 0.5, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(130, 48, 128)