Waning Basalt outside Ruining

#050706 RGB(5,7,6)

About this color

Waning Basalt outside Ruining occupies the deep, muted end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #050706 — RGB(5, 7, 6).

#050706RGB(5, 7, 6)

HSL 150° · 17% saturation · 2% 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 formats

Name
Waning Basalt outside Ruining
HEX
#050706
RGB
rgb(5,7,6)
RGB%
rgb(2%,2.7%,2.4%)
HSL
hsl(150,17%,2%)
HSV
hsv(150,29%,3%)
CMYK
cmyk(29,0,14,97)
LAB
lab(2,-1,0)
LCH
lch(2,1,180)
sRGB
(0.02,0.027,0.024)
HEX8
#050706ff
CSS Name
Decimal
005007006

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Color info

Lightness
2%
Saturation
17%
Hue
150°
Chroma
1
Temperature
WarmCool
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