When Heartsick Basalt beneath Suffocating

#06512e RGB(6,81,46)

About this color

When Heartsick Basalt beneath Suffocating is rendered by screens as RGB(6, 81, 46) — a dark, intense cyan hue.

#06512eRGB(6, 81, 46)

HSL 152° · 86% saturation · 17% 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
When Heartsick Basalt beneath Suffocating
HEX
#06512e
RGB
rgb(6,81,46)
RGB%
rgb(2.4%,31.8%,18%)
HSL
hsl(152,86%,17%)
HSV
hsv(152,93%,32%)
CMYK
cmyk(93,0,43,68)
LAB
lab(30,-31,15)
LCH
lch(30,34,154)
sRGB
(0.024,0.318,0.18)
HEX8
#06512eff
CSS Name
Decimal
006081046

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Color info

Lightness
17%
Saturation
86%
Hue
152°
Chroma
34
Temperature
WarmCool
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