When Steady Brook over Building

#864b83 RGB(134,75,131)

About this color

When Steady Brook over Building reads as medium-dark and moderate — a magenta tone recorded at #864b83, RGB(134, 75, 131).

#864b83RGB(134, 75, 131)

HSL 303° · 28% saturation · 41% lightness

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Psychology

Magenta at medium lightness is one of the most assertive hues — it demands attention and resists blending into backgrounds.

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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

At medium lightness, this magenta is flexible enough to serve as interactive elements, tags, badges, and highlight states. It has enough saturation to register clearly without straining extended-reading contexts.

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Colour pairings

In terms of colour combinations, 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
When Steady Brook over Building
HEX
#864b83
RGB
rgb(134,75,131)
RGB%
rgb(52.5%,29.4%,51.4%)
HSL
hsl(303,28%,41%)
HSV
hsv(303,44%,53%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,44,2,47)
LAB
lab(41,34,-21)
LCH
lch(41,40,328)
sRGB
(0.525,0.294,0.514)
HEX8
#864b83ff
CSS Name
Decimal
134075131

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Color info

Lightness
41%
Saturation
28%
Hue
303°
Chroma
40
Temperature
WarmCool
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