The Brook from True Stretching

#c446cd RGB(196,70,205)

About this color

The Brook from True Stretching reads as medium and vivid — a magenta tone recorded at #c446cd, RGB(196, 70, 205).

#c446cdRGB(196, 70, 205)

HSL 296° · 57% saturation · 54% 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

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.

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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.

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Color formats

Name
The Brook from True Stretching
HEX
#c446cd
RGB
rgb(196,70,205)
RGB%
rgb(76.9%,27.5%,80.4%)
HSL
hsl(296,57%,54%)
HSV
hsv(296,66%,80%)
CMYK
cmyk(4,66,0,20)
LAB
lab(52,67,-46)
LCH
lch(52,81,326)
sRGB
(0.769,0.275,0.804)
HEX8
#c446cdff
CSS Name
Decimal
196070205

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Color info

Lightness
54%
Saturation
57%
Hue
296°
Chroma
81
Temperature
WarmCool
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