When the Nuanced Brook before Keeping

#df3a58 RGB(223,58,88)

About this color

When the Nuanced Brook before Keeping is rendered by screens as RGB(223, 58, 88) — a medium, vivid red hue.

#df3a58RGB(223, 58, 88)

HSL 349° · 72% saturation · 55% 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
When the Nuanced Brook before Keeping
HEX
#df3a58
RGB
rgb(223,58,88)
RGB%
rgb(87.5%,22.7%,34.5%)
HSL
hsl(349,72%,55%)
HSV
hsv(349,74%,87%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,74,61,13)
LAB
lab(51,64,22)
LCH
lch(51,68,19)
sRGB
(0.875,0.227,0.345)
HEX8
#df3a58ff
CSS Name
Decimal
223058088

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Color info

Lightness
55%
Saturation
72%
Hue
349°
Chroma
68
Temperature
WarmCool
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