Heliotrope is a pink-purple tint that is a representation of the colour of the heliotrope flower.
Heliotrope | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #DF73FF |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (223, 115, 255) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (286°, 55%, 100%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (66, 102, 295°) |
Source | Maerz and Paul[1] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid purple |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The first recorded use of heliotrope as a color name in English was in 1882.[2]
Heliotrope Gray | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #AA98A9 |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (170, 152, 169) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (303°, 11%, 67%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (65, 14, 310°) |
Source | ISCC-NBS[3] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Pale purple |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The color heliotrope gray is displayed at right. The first recorded use of heliotrope gray as a colour name in English was in 1912.[4]
Heliotrope Magenta | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #AA00BB |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (170, 0, 187) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (295°, 100%, 73%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (41, 99, 300°) |
Source | [Unsourced] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid purple |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Old Heliotrope | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #563C5C |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (86, 60, 92) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (289°, 35%, 36%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (29, 23, 299°) |
Source | Maerz and Paul |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark purple |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
At right is displayed the colour old heliotrope.
Another name for this colour is old helio.
The first recorded use of old helio as a colour name in English was in 1926.[5]