When Bleakest Cavern amid Bleeding

#55315e RGB(85,49,94)

About this color

When Bleakest Cavern amid Bleeding is rendered by screens as RGB(85, 49, 94) — a dark, moderate magenta hue.

#55315eRGB(85, 49, 94)

HSL 288° · 31% saturation · 28% 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
When Bleakest Cavern amid Bleeding
HEX
#55315e
RGB
rgb(85,49,94)
RGB%
rgb(33.3%,19.2%,36.9%)
HSL
hsl(288,31%,28%)
HSV
hsv(288,48%,37%)
CMYK
cmyk(10,48,0,63)
LAB
lab(27,25,-20)
LCH
lch(27,32,321)
sRGB
(0.333,0.192,0.369)
HEX8
#55315eff
CSS Name
Decimal
085049094

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Color info

Lightness
28%
Saturation
31%
Hue
288°
Chroma
32
Temperature
WarmCool
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