Steady Border Around the Pausing

#db5151 RGB(219,81,81)

About this color

Steady Border Around the Pausing is rendered by screens as RGB(219, 81, 81) — a medium, vivid red hue.

#db5151RGB(219, 81, 81)

HSL 0° · 66% saturation · 59% 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 formats

Name
Steady Border Around the Pausing
HEX
#db5151
RGB
rgb(219,81,81)
RGB%
rgb(85.9%,31.8%,31.8%)
HSL
hsl(0,66%,59%)
HSV
hsv(0,63%,86%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,63,63,14)
LAB
lab(54,54,29)
LCH
lch(54,61,28)
sRGB
(0.859,0.318,0.318)
HEX8
#db5151ff
CSS Name
Decimal
219081081

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Color info

Lightness
59%
Saturation
66%
Hue
Chroma
61
Temperature
WarmCool
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