Tarnished Basalt by Lingering

#045036 RGB(4,80,54)

About this color

Tarnished Basalt by Lingering is rendered by screens as RGB(4, 80, 54) — a dark, intense cyan hue.

#045036RGB(4, 80, 54)

HSL 159° · 90% saturation · 16% 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
Tarnished Basalt by Lingering
HEX
#045036
RGB
rgb(4,80,54)
RGB%
rgb(1.6%,31.4%,21.2%)
HSL
hsl(159,90%,16%)
HSV
hsv(159,95%,31%)
CMYK
cmyk(95,0,32,69)
LAB
lab(29,-28,9)
LCH
lch(29,29,162)
sRGB
(0.016,0.314,0.212)
HEX8
#045036ff
CSS Name
Decimal
004080054

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Color info

Lightness
16%
Saturation
90%
Hue
159°
Chroma
29
Temperature
WarmCool
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