When the Mild Bay with Grading

#b021b8 RGB(176,33,184)

About this color

When the Mild Bay with Grading is rendered by screens as RGB(176, 33, 184) — a medium-dark, vivid magenta hue.

#b021b8RGB(176, 33, 184)

HSL 297° · 70% saturation · 43% 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 brand accents, data visualisation series, and illustrative elements. Its middle lightness gives it presence on both white and dark backgrounds.

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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 Mild Bay with Grading
HEX
#b021b8
RGB
rgb(176,33,184)
RGB%
rgb(69%,12.9%,72.2%)
HSL
hsl(297,70%,43%)
HSV
hsv(297,82%,72%)
CMYK
cmyk(4,82,0,28)
LAB
lab(44,71,-47)
LCH
lch(44,85,326)
sRGB
(0.69,0.129,0.722)
HEX8
#b021b8ff
CSS Name
Decimal
176033184

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Color info

Lightness
43%
Saturation
70%
Hue
297°
Chroma
85
Temperature
WarmCool
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