About Mardi Gras Purple Color and Meaning
Mardi Gras Purple is a shade of Purple. It got its name from the Mardi Gras carnival celebrated in France on Shrove Tuesday or Fat Tuesday. Purple is one of the official colors for Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday, along with green and gold. The use of color goes back to the year 1872 at the first parade of Rex.
What color is Mardi Gras Purple?
Mardi Gras Purple color belongs to the Purple color family (hue). The hexadecimal color code(color number) for Mardi Gras Purple is #880085, and the RGB color code is RGB(136, 0, 133).
In the RGB color model, Mardi Gras Purple has a red value of 136, a green value of 0, and a blue value of 133. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 0.0% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 2.2% yellow, and 46.7% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 301.3° (degrees), 100.0 % saturation, and 26.7 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, Mardi Gras Purple has a hue of 301.3° (degrees), 100.0 % saturation and 53.3 % brightness/value.
Mardi Gras Purple is cool or warm?
The color Mardi Gras Purple is a warm color.
What is the LRV of Mardi Gras Purple?
Mardi Gras Purple has an LRV of nearly 7. By LRV value, it is a dark color.
Light Reflectance Value (LRV) is a measure of how much visible light is reflected off a surface. It is a number on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being pure black and 100 being pure white. The higher the LRV, the more light the color reflects and the lighter it will appear.
Color Codes - Color Space Conversions
Mardi Gras Purple color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB
RGBA / RGB
CMYK
HSL
HSL(301.32deg, 100.0 %, 26.7 %)
RYB
HSV/HSB
HWB
H: 301.32°
W: 0.00 %
B: 46.67 %
XYZ
X : 14.39
Y : 6.93
Z : 22.77
YXY
Y1 : 6.93
X : 0.33
Y2 : 0.16
CMY
C : 46.67%
M : 100.00%
Y : 47.84%
LRV
Munsell Color System
CIE-Lab
L : 31.64
A : 61.12
B : -36.57
CIE-Lch
L : 31.64
C : 71.22
H : 329.1
CIE-Luv
L : 31.64
U : 45.47
V : -55.21
Hunter-Lab
L : 26.32
A : 51.51
B : -32.87
Similar Colors and Paints
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Similar colors from Pantone, RAL, and other color matching system
Pantone PMS
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Paint similar to Mardi Gras Purple
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Color Combinations
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Monochromatic colors belong to the same hue angle but different tints and shades. Monochromatic color palette can be generated by keeping the exact hue of the base color and then changing the saturation and lightness.
Analogous colors are a group of colors adjacent to each other on a color wheel. Group of these adjacent colors forms Analogous color scheme Palette. Analogous Palette can be generated by increasing or decreasing the hue value by 30 points.
The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel
The tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
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