The Alcove circa Recollected Tilling

#dc50ed RGB(220,80,237)

About this color

The Alcove circa Recollected Tilling is rendered by screens as RGB(220, 80, 237) — a medium, intense magenta hue.

#dc50edRGB(220, 80, 237)

HSL 294° · 81% saturation · 62% 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

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 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
The Alcove circa Recollected Tilling
HEX
#dc50ed
RGB
rgb(220,80,237)
RGB%
rgb(86.3%,31.4%,92.9%)
HSL
hsl(294,81%,62%)
HSV
hsv(294,66%,93%)
CMYK
cmyk(7,66,0,7)
LAB
lab(59,74,-53)
LCH
lch(59,91,324)
sRGB
(0.863,0.314,0.929)
HEX8
#dc50edff
CSS Name
Decimal
220080237

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Color info

Lightness
62%
Saturation
81%
Hue
294°
Chroma
91
Temperature
WarmCool
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