When Pitiless Brine from Sinking

#554153 RGB(85,65,83)

About this color

When Pitiless Brine from Sinking is rendered by screens as RGB(85, 65, 83) — a dark, muted magenta hue.

#554153RGB(85, 65, 83)

HSL 306° · 13% saturation · 29% lightness

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Psychology

Dark magentas feel intense and sophisticated — editorial fashion, luxury cosmetics, bold graphic design.

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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

Practically speaking, this deep magenta is most at home as a background for light-coloured text, as a deep accent stripe, or as an anchoring tone in dark-mode interfaces. It pairs naturally with off-whites, warm creams, and metallic highlights.

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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
When Pitiless Brine from Sinking
HEX
#554153
RGB
rgb(85,65,83)
RGB%
rgb(33.3%,25.5%,32.5%)
HSL
hsl(306,13%,29%)
HSV
hsv(306,24%,33%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,24,2,67)
LAB
lab(30,12,-7)
LCH
lch(30,14,330)
sRGB
(0.333,0.255,0.325)
HEX8
#554153ff
CSS Name
Decimal
085065083

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Color info

Lightness
29%
Saturation
13%
Hue
306°
Chroma
14
Temperature
WarmCool
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