What the Loamy Bluff until Forging

#bd5b6f RGB(189,91,111)

About this color

What the Loamy Bluff until Forging is rendered by screens as RGB(189, 91, 111) — a medium, moderate red hue.

#bd5b6fRGB(189, 91, 111)

HSL 348° · 43% saturation · 55% lightness

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Psychology

Red at medium lightness is perhaps the most attention-commanding hue in the spectrum — associated with urgency, passion, and confidence.

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History

Red ochre is among the oldest pigments used by humans — found in cave paintings dating back over 70,000 years, suggesting an early and enduring fascination with this hue.

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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 red with navy for classic contrast, with gold for a rich celebratory feel, or with soft pink and dusty rose for tonal warmth.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
What the Loamy Bluff until Forging
HEX
#bd5b6f
RGB
rgb(189,91,111)
RGB%
rgb(74.1%,35.7%,43.5%)
HSL
hsl(348,43%,55%)
HSV
hsv(348,52%,74%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,52,41,26)
LAB
lab(51,41,7)
LCH
lch(51,42,10)
sRGB
(0.741,0.357,0.435)
HEX8
#bd5b6fff
CSS Name
Decimal
189091111

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Color info

Lightness
55%
Saturation
43%
Hue
348°
Chroma
42
Temperature
WarmCool
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