Forgotten Basalt beside Eroding

#094606 RGB(9,70,6)

About this color

Forgotten Basalt beside Eroding is a intense, dark green tone, fixed at #094606 in the RGB color space.

#094606RGB(9, 70, 6)

HSL 117° · 84% saturation · 15% lightness

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Psychology

In its deeper registers green suggests reliability, endurance, and a grounded relationship with nature.

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History

Scheele's Green, an arsenic-based pigment popular in Victorian wallpaper and clothing, is now understood to have caused widespread harm — a cautionary chapter in colour history.

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Design use

As a dark tone, it naturally lends itself to 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

For palette building, this green complements red-violet shades for maximum contrast, but pairs more gently with sandy neutrals, warm whites, and wood tones.

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Color formats

Name
Forgotten Basalt beside Eroding
HEX
#094606
RGB
rgb(9,70,6)
RGB%
rgb(3.5%,27.5%,2.4%)
HSL
hsl(117,84%,15%)
HSV
hsv(117,91%,27%)
CMYK
cmyk(87,0,91,73)
LAB
lab(25,-32,30)
LCH
lch(25,44,137)
sRGB
(0.035,0.275,0.024)
HEX8
#094606ff
CSS Name
Decimal
009070006

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Color info

Lightness
15%
Saturation
84%
Hue
117°
Chroma
44
Temperature
WarmCool
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