What the Boulder from Decayed Moldering

#5b1059 RGB(91,16,89)

About this color

What the Boulder from Decayed Moldering is rendered by screens as RGB(91, 16, 89) — a dark, vivid magenta hue.

#5b1059RGB(91, 16, 89)

HSL 302° · 70% saturation · 21% 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
What the Boulder from Decayed Moldering
HEX
#5b1059
RGB
rgb(91,16,89)
RGB%
rgb(35.7%,6.3%,34.9%)
HSL
hsl(302,70%,21%)
HSV
hsv(302,82%,36%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,82,2,64)
LAB
lab(21,42,-25)
LCH
lch(21,49,329)
sRGB
(0.357,0.063,0.349)
HEX8
#5b1059ff
CSS Name
Decimal
091016089

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Color info

Lightness
21%
Saturation
70%
Hue
302°
Chroma
49
Temperature
WarmCool
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