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? (For interior and product design)
Mardi Gras Purple has an LRV of nearly 6.9. 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.
Compare LRV 6.9 of Mardi Gras Purple with dark and light color
Is Mardi Gras Purple Readable? WCAG Contrast Checker (For digital design)
Check if the color Mardi Gras Purple meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards, minimum contrast ratio standards between text and background colors. The WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) provides global standards for readable web content.
WCAG Recommendations - Large Text: above 18pt or 14pt bold. Normal Text: below 18pt or 14pt bold.
- Minimum contrast ratio (AA): 4.5 for normal text and 3 for large text.
- Enhanced contrast ratio (AAA): 7 for normal text and 4.5 for large text.
Normal text - 14pt
Normal Bold text - 12pt
Large text - 18pt
Large Bold text - 14pt
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
- Hex triplet
- #880085
- Red
- 88
- Green
- 00
- Blue
- 85
- Red
- 136 (53.3%)
- Green
- 0 (0.0%)
- Blue
- 133 (52.2%)
- Alpha
- 1 (100.0%)
- Cyan
- 0.00%
- Magenta
- 100.00%
- Yellow
- 2.21%
- Key
- 46.67%
- Hue
- 301.32°
- Saturation
- 100.00 %
- Lightness
- 26.67 %
- Hue
- 301.32°
- Saturation
- 100.00 %
- Brightness / Value
- 53.33 %
- Red
- 144 (56.4%)
- Yellow
- 57 (22.3%)
- Blue
- 152 (59.7%)
- Hue
- 301.32°
- Whiteness
- 0.00 %
- Blackness
- 46.67 %
- Cyan
- 46.67%
- Magenta
- 100.00%
- Yellow
- 47.84%
- X
- 14.39
- Y
- 6.93
- Z
- 22.77
- Y1
- 6.93
- X
- 0.33
- Y2
- 0.16
- L
- 31.64
- A
- 61.12
- B
- -36.57
- L
- 31.64
- C
- 71.22
- H
- 329.1
- L
- 31.64
- U
- 45.47
- V
- -55.21
- L
- 26.32
- A
- 51.51
- B
- -32.87
- LRV
- ~ 6.9 %
- Munsell Color System
- 10P 3.0/16
Similar Colors and Paints
What is Delta E (ΔE)?
Delta E is the standard measure of how different two colors look to the human eye, rather than how far apart their hex codes happen to be. It runs from 0, an exact match, to 100, the largest possible difference — so the lower the Delta E, the closer the match. The match percentage shown on each color below is simply 100% minus its ΔE.
Named colors similar to Mardi Gras Purple
These are the named colors closest to Mardi Gras Purple , closest match first. Each card shows how much of the color the human eye sees as the same, measured as Delta E (ΔE).
Similar colors from Pantone, RAL, and other color matching system
Pantone PMS
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Pantone TCX
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Paint similar to Mardi Gras Purple
These are the real paint colors closest to Mardi Gras Purple from major brands, ranked by Delta E (ΔE) match. A paint above 98% will be hard to tell apart from Mardi Gras Purple once it is on a wall.
Valspar
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Dunn-Edwards
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PPG Paints
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Benjamin Moore
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Sherwin Williams
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Behr
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Farrow & Ball
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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.
Complementary / Opposite Color
Complementary / Opposite Color
Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out (lose hue) by producing a grayscale color like white or black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors also called opposite colors. Complementary color schemes are created using two opposite colors on the color wheel. The examples are red–cyan, green–magenta, and blue–yellow.
What is the contrasting color of Mardi Gras Purple - #880085?
Color that best contrast with Mardi Gras Purple - #880085 is #008803, color name is Forest green*. Contrast indicates a strong difference in color. Contrasting color can be found several ways, Complimentary contrast is one of them. Complementary contrast colors are opposite each other on the color wheel.
What color compliments Mardi Gras Purple - #880085?
Complementary or Opposite color for Mardi Gras Purple - #880085 is #008803, color name is Forest green*.
Example Color Images and Mockup
Mardi Gras Purple - #880085 Color Images and Patterns
