Tarnished Basalt before Blighting

#045936 RGB(4,89,54)

About this color

Tarnished Basalt before Blighting settles into a dark cyan territory with a intense quality that feels cool — captured at #045936, RGB(4, 89, 54).

#045936RGB(4, 89, 54)

HSL 155° · 91% saturation · 18% lightness

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Psychology

In deeper registers cyan reads as focused and efficient — a colour of systems and clarity.

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History

Cyan as a printing ink became central to modern colour reproduction — the C in CMYK — because its complement to red allows the full printable colour range.

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Design use

From a design perspective, this shade excels 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

Looking at colour relationships, cyan complements warm reds and red-oranges — a palette of technological energy. For calmer use, pair with white, light grey, and the lightest tints of the same hue.

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Color formats

Name
Tarnished Basalt before Blighting
HEX
#045936
RGB
rgb(4,89,54)
RGB%
rgb(1.6%,34.9%,21.2%)
HSL
hsl(155,91%,18%)
HSV
hsv(155,96%,35%)
CMYK
cmyk(96,0,39,65)
LAB
lab(33,-32,14)
LCH
lch(33,35,156)
sRGB
(0.016,0.349,0.212)
HEX8
#045936ff
CSS Name
Decimal
004089054

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Color info

Lightness
18%
Saturation
91%
Hue
155°
Chroma
35
Temperature
WarmCool
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