Empty Basalt amidst the Breaking

#513a4a RGB(81,58,74)

About this color

Empty Basalt amidst the Breaking is rendered by screens as RGB(81, 58, 74) — a dark, muted magenta hue.

#513a4aRGB(81, 58, 74)

HSL 318° · 17% saturation · 27% 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
Empty Basalt amidst the Breaking
HEX
#513a4a
RGB
rgb(81,58,74)
RGB%
rgb(31.8%,22.7%,29%)
HSL
hsl(318,17%,27%)
HSV
hsv(318,28%,32%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,28,9,68)
LAB
lab(27,13,-6)
LCH
lch(27,14,335)
sRGB
(0.318,0.227,0.29)
HEX8
#513a4aff
CSS Name
Decimal
081058074

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Color info

Lightness
27%
Saturation
17%
Hue
318°
Chroma
14
Temperature
WarmCool
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