Bitter Violet

#856d9e · one of 31,915 named colors

Bitter Violet is a medium, soft purple with the hex code #856d9e. In RGB it is 133 red, 109 green and 158 blue, and black text is most readable on top of it. Its complementary color, on the opposite side of the color wheel, is Purslane (#869e6d).

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Codes

HEX#856d9e

HEX8#856d9eff

RGBrgb(133, 109, 158)

RGBArgba(133, 109, 158, 1)

RGB %rgb(52%, 43%, 62%)

HSLhsl(269, 20%, 52%)

HSLAhsla(269, 20%, 52%, 1)

Variables

Sass$bitter-violet: #856d9e;

Less@bitter-violet: #856d9e;

CSS--bitter-violet: #856d9e;

Shades

Goes with

Complementary

Purslane

Analogous

Dusted Peri Scotch Thistle

Triadic

Black Headed Gull Cyprus Green