Oppressed Brine until the Strangling

#291e2a RGB(41,30,42)

About this color

Oppressed Brine until the Strangling is rendered by screens as RGB(41, 30, 42) — a deep, muted magenta hue.

#291e2aRGB(41, 30, 42)

HSL 295° · 17% saturation · 14% lightness

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Psychology

Dark magentas feel intense and sophisticated — editorial fashion, luxury cosmetics, bold graphic design.

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History

Fuchsine and its relatives, the first aniline dyes, triggered a Victorian fashion craze for bright synthetic colours that natural dyes could never match.

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Design use

Practically speaking, this deep magenta is most at home as a background for light-coloured text, as a deep accent stripe, or as an anchoring tone in dark-mode interfaces. It pairs naturally with off-whites, warm creams, and metallic highlights.

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Colour pairings

When it comes to colour harmony, pair this magenta with deep forest green for bold contrast, or with pale pink and warm ivory for a palette of refined intensity.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
Oppressed Brine until the Strangling
HEX
#291e2a
RGB
rgb(41,30,42)
RGB%
rgb(16.1%,11.8%,16.5%)
HSL
hsl(295,17%,14%)
HSV
hsv(295,29%,16%)
CMYK
cmyk(2,29,0,84)
LAB
lab(13,8,-6)
LCH
lch(13,10,323)
sRGB
(0.161,0.118,0.165)
HEX8
#291e2aff
CSS Name
Decimal
041030042

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Color info

Lightness
14%
Saturation
17%
Hue
295°
Chroma
10
Temperature
WarmCool
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