Dulux Distant Violet

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What are Dulux Distant Violet undertones?
Is Distant Violet cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Distant Violet
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

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Name:	Distant Violet
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Distant Violet?

Dulux Distant Violet is a muted, mid-dark grey with a quiet violet cast visible beneath its charcoal surface. The low saturation keeps it restrained rather than overtly purple, giving walls a grounded, slightly cool appearance. In bright daylight it reads mostly as a softened graphite grey, while lower or warmer lighting can bring out its dusky purple undertone. Use it in a study, dining room, or bedroom where deeper wall color can add definition without looking black. Pale grey, chalky white, aged brass, walnut, and natural linen provide clear, tactile contrast beside this shade.

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What are Dulux Distant Violet undertones?

Distant Violet is a midtone, very muted plum-gray. The HEX sample has a subtle purple bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear purple. Warm light may bring out its red or mauve side, while cool daylight can make the violet direction clearer.

HEX value:

#66656D

RGB code:

102, 101, 109

Is Dulux Distant Violet cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 248°, this black leans cool, but it is near the neutral line and may feel warmer in certain lighting.

Distant Violet HSL code: 248, 4%, 41%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Distant Violet

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

Sunrise

Morning

Noon

Afternoon

Sunset

In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlight	Visible temp.	Hue	Duration
North	Cool	Bluish	All day
East	Warm	Yellow	Before noon
West	Warm	Orange-red	After noon
South	Warm	Orange-yellow	All day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this black shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Distant Violet:

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Lighter shades

Distant Violet

10RB 17/122
Brooklyn Nights 2

Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Distant Violet with a blue hue, complementary colors are those with a orange hue close to 68, such as Dulux Swansdown and Green Ivy.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#66656D
RGB Decimal	102, 101, 109
RGB Percent	40.00%, 39.61%, 42.75%
HSV	Hue: 248° Saturation: 7.34% Value: 42.75%
HSL	hsl(248, 4, 41)
CMYK	Cyan: 6.42 Magenta: 7.34 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 57.25
YIQ	Y: 102.211 I: -1.975 Q: 2.701
XYZ	X: 12.893 Y: 13.236 Z: 16.339
CIE Lab	L:43.117 a:2.09 b:-4.355
CIE Luv	L:43.117 u:0.092 v:-6.143
Decimal	6710637
Hunter Lab	36.382, -0.412, -1.161