Byzantium (color)

For other uses, see Byzantium (disambiguation).

The color Byzantium is a particular dark tone of purple. It originates in modern times, and, despite its name, it should not be confused with Tyrian purple (hue rendering), the color historically used by Roman and Byzantine emperors. The latter, often also referred to as "Tyrian red", is more reddish in hue, and is in fact often depicted as closer to crimson than purple. The first recorded use of byzantium as a color name in English was in 1926.^[2]

Byzantium
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#702963
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(112, 41, 99)
HSV (h, s, v)	(311°, 63%, 44%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(29, 44, 319°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep reddish purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Variations of byzantium

Byzantine

Byzantine
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#BD33A4
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(189, 51, 164)
HSV (h, s, v)	(311°, 73%, 74%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(47, 86, 321°)
Source	99colors.net[3]/Maerz and Paul[4]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid reddish purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color Byzantine is displayed at right.

The color Byzantine is a rich tone of medium purple toned toward magenta.

The first recorded use of byzantine as a color name in English was in 1924.^[5]

Dark byzantium

Dark Byzantium
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#5D3954
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(93, 57, 84)
HSV (h, s, v)	(315°, 39%, 36%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(29, 23, 321°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Dark reddish purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color dark Byzantium is displayed at right.