Fading Carbon throughout the Strangling

#501041 RGB(80,16,65)

About this color

Fading Carbon throughout the Strangling is rendered by screens as RGB(80, 16, 65) — a dark, vivid magenta hue.

#501041RGB(80, 16, 65)

HSL 314° · 67% saturation · 19% 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 formats

Name
Fading Carbon throughout the Strangling
HEX
#501041
RGB
rgb(80,16,65)
RGB%
rgb(31.4%,6.3%,25.5%)
HSL
hsl(314,67%,19%)
HSV
hsv(314,80%,31%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,80,19,69)
LAB
lab(18,35,-15)
LCH
lch(18,38,337)
sRGB
(0.314,0.063,0.255)
HEX8
#501041ff
CSS Name
Decimal
080016065

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Color info

Lightness
19%
Saturation
67%
Hue
314°
Chroma
38
Temperature
WarmCool
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