Coarse Cave with Shrinking

#691b66 RGB(105,27,102)

About this color

Coarse Cave with Shrinking is rendered by screens as RGB(105, 27, 102) — a dark, vivid magenta hue.

#691b66RGB(105, 27, 102)

HSL 302° · 59% saturation · 26% 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
Coarse Cave with Shrinking
HEX
#691b66
RGB
rgb(105,27,102)
RGB%
rgb(41.2%,10.6%,40%)
HSL
hsl(302,59%,26%)
HSV
hsv(302,74%,41%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,74,3,59)
LAB
lab(26,44,-26)
LCH
lch(26,51,329)
sRGB
(0.412,0.106,0.4)
HEX8
#691b66ff
CSS Name
Decimal
105027102

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Color info

Lightness
26%
Saturation
59%
Hue
302°
Chroma
51
Temperature
WarmCool
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