Old-fashioned Bog between Curing

#9c6396 RGB(156,99,150)

About this color

Old-fashioned Bog between Curing presents itself as a medium, muted magenta shade, sitting at #9c6396 in the 24-bit RGB space.

#9c6396RGB(156, 99, 150)

HSL 306° · 22% saturation · 50% 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
Old-fashioned Bog between Curing
HEX
#9c6396
RGB
rgb(156,99,150)
RGB%
rgb(61.2%,38.8%,58.8%)
HSL
hsl(306,22%,50%)
HSV
hsv(306,37%,61%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,37,4,39)
LAB
lab(50,31,-18)
LCH
lch(50,36,330)
sRGB
(0.612,0.388,0.588)
HEX8
#9c6396ff
CSS Name
Decimal
156099150

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Color info

Lightness
50%
Saturation
22%
Hue
306°
Chroma
36
Temperature
WarmCool
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