Scarred Basalt above Shrinking

#02313c RGB(2,49,60)

About this color

Scarred Basalt above Shrinking is rendered by screens as RGB(2, 49, 60) — a deep, intense cyan hue.

#02313cRGB(2, 49, 60)

HSL 191° · 94% saturation · 12% lightness

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Psychology

Dark cyans feel aquatic and technical — deep ocean, industrial machinery, precision instruments.

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History

Cerulean, a blue-green pigment introduced in the nineteenth century, became important to Impressionist painters for capturing sky and water with unprecedented freshness.

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Design use

Practically speaking, this deep cyan 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, combine this cyan with coral and warm white for a fresh, modern palette, or with deep navy and charcoal for a more serious, technical feel.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
Scarred Basalt above Shrinking
HEX
#02313c
RGB
rgb(2,49,60)
RGB%
rgb(0.8%,19.2%,23.5%)
HSL
hsl(191,94%,12%)
HSV
hsv(191,97%,24%)
CMYK
cmyk(97,18,0,76)
LAB
lab(18,-10,-11)
LCH
lch(18,15,228)
sRGB
(0.008,0.192,0.235)
HEX8
#02313cff
CSS Name
Decimal
002049060

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Color info

Lightness
12%
Saturation
94%
Hue
191°
Chroma
15
Temperature
WarmCool
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