The Border beyond Strong Balancing

#a42da2 RGB(164,45,162)

About this color

The Border beyond Strong Balancing is rendered by screens as RGB(164, 45, 162) — a medium-dark, vivid magenta hue.

#a42da2RGB(164, 45, 162)

HSL 301° · 57% 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

This shade sits in a versatile middle ground — useful 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

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
The Border beyond Strong Balancing
HEX
#a42da2
RGB
rgb(164,45,162)
RGB%
rgb(64.3%,17.6%,63.5%)
HSL
hsl(301,57%,41%)
HSV
hsv(301,73%,64%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,73,1,36)
LAB
lab(42,61,-38)
LCH
lch(42,72,328)
sRGB
(0.643,0.176,0.635)
HEX8
#a42da2ff
CSS Name
Decimal
164045162

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Color info

Lightness
41%
Saturation
57%
Hue
301°
Chroma
72
Temperature
WarmCool
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