The Soft Border before Turning

#ae89a0 RGB(174,137,160)

About this color

The Soft Border before Turning is rendered by screens as RGB(174, 137, 160) — a medium, muted pink-red hue.

#ae89a0RGB(174, 137, 160)

HSL 323° · 19% saturation · 61% lightness

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Psychology

This tone carries its own quiet authority within the pink-red spectrum.

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History

Every colour carries history — this pink-red tone sits within a tradition of pigments, dyes and cultural meanings that stretches back millennia.

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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, this tone pairs well with its complementary hue on the opposite side of the wheel, as well as with warm or cool neutrals depending on its warm character.

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Color formats

Name
The Soft Border before Turning
HEX
#ae89a0
RGB
rgb(174,137,160)
RGB%
rgb(68.2%,53.7%,62.7%)
HSL
hsl(323,19%,61%)
HSV
hsv(323,21%,68%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,21,8,32)
LAB
lab(61,18,-7)
LCH
lch(61,19,339)
sRGB
(0.682,0.537,0.627)
HEX8
#ae89a0ff
CSS Name
Decimal
174137160

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Color info

Lightness
61%
Saturation
19%
Hue
323°
Chroma
19
Temperature
WarmCool
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