What the Basin into Distant Buffering

#b493a9 RGB(180,147,169)

About this color

What the Basin into Distant Buffering reads as medium and muted — a pink-red tone recorded at #b493a9, RGB(180, 147, 169).

#b493a9RGB(180, 147, 169)

HSL 320° · 18% saturation · 64% 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

At medium lightness, this pink-red 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.

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Colour pairings

In terms of colour combinations, 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
What the Basin into Distant Buffering
HEX
#b493a9
RGB
rgb(180,147,169)
RGB%
rgb(70.6%,57.6%,66.3%)
HSL
hsl(320,18%,64%)
HSV
hsv(320,18%,71%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,18,6,29)
LAB
lab(65,16,-7)
LCH
lch(65,17,336)
sRGB
(0.706,0.576,0.663)
HEX8
#b493a9ff
CSS Name
Decimal
180147169

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Color info

Lightness
64%
Saturation
18%
Hue
320°
Chroma
17
Temperature
WarmCool
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