When the Measured Brook During Centering

#a695a8 RGB(166,149,168)

About this color

When the Measured Brook During Centering is rendered by screens as RGB(166, 149, 168) — a medium, muted magenta hue.

#a695a8RGB(166, 149, 168)

HSL 294° · 10% saturation · 62% 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
When the Measured Brook During Centering
HEX
#a695a8
RGB
rgb(166,149,168)
RGB%
rgb(65.1%,58.4%,65.9%)
HSL
hsl(294,10%,62%)
HSV
hsv(294,11%,66%)
CMYK
cmyk(1,11,0,34)
LAB
lab(64,10,-8)
LCH
lch(64,13,321)
sRGB
(0.651,0.584,0.659)
HEX8
#a695a8ff
CSS Name
Decimal
166149168

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Color info

Lightness
62%
Saturation
10%
Hue
294°
Chroma
13
Temperature
WarmCool
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