Old-fashioned Atoll Against Dividing

#b28aa6 RGB(178,138,166)

About this color

Old-fashioned Atoll Against Dividing is rendered by screens as RGB(178, 138, 166) — a medium, muted magenta hue.

#b28aa6RGB(178, 138, 166)

HSL 318° · 21% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
Old-fashioned Atoll Against Dividing
HEX
#b28aa6
RGB
rgb(178,138,166)
RGB%
rgb(69.8%,54.1%,65.1%)
HSL
hsl(318,21%,62%)
HSV
hsv(318,22%,70%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,22,7,30)
LAB
lab(62,20,-9)
LCH
lch(62,22,336)
sRGB
(0.698,0.541,0.651)
HEX8
#b28aa6ff
CSS Name
Decimal
178138166

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Color info

Lightness
62%
Saturation
21%
Hue
318°
Chroma
22
Temperature
WarmCool
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