The Brook underneath Leathery Plowing

#b294ad RGB(178,148,173)

About this color

The Brook underneath Leathery Plowing presents itself as a medium, muted magenta shade, sitting at #b294ad in the 24-bit RGB space.

#b294adRGB(178, 148, 173)

HSL 310° · 16% saturation · 64% lightness

🧠

Psychology

Magenta at medium lightness is one of the most assertive hues — it demands attention and resists blending into backgrounds.

🏛️

History

Fuchsine and its relatives, the first aniline dyes, triggered a Victorian fashion craze for bright synthetic colours that natural dyes could never match.

✏️

Design use

At medium lightness, this magenta is flexible enough to serve as interactive elements, tags, badges, and highlight states. It has enough saturation to register clearly without straining extended-reading contexts.

🎭

Colour pairings

In terms of colour combinations, pair this magenta with deep forest green for bold contrast, or with pale pink and warm ivory for a palette of refined intensity.

⚖️ Contrast checker👁 Colour blindness🌈 Gradient🎨 Colour mixer

Color Categories

Color formats

Name
The Brook underneath Leathery Plowing
HEX
#b294ad
RGB
rgb(178,148,173)
RGB%
rgb(69.8%,58%,67.8%)
HSL
hsl(310,16%,64%)
HSV
hsv(310,17%,70%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,17,3,30)
LAB
lab(65,16,-9)
LCH
lch(65,18,331)
sRGB
(0.698,0.58,0.678)
HEX8
#b294adff
CSS Name
Decimal
178148173

Similar colors

Color variants

Color info

Lightness
64%
Saturation
16%
Hue
310°
Chroma
18
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Preview
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Share