Desolate Basalt beyond the Dissolving

#0c565a RGB(12,86,90)

About this color

Desolate Basalt beyond the Dissolving is rendered by screens as RGB(12, 86, 90) — a dark, intense cyan hue.

#0c565aRGB(12, 86, 90)

HSL 183° · 76% saturation · 20% 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
Desolate Basalt beyond the Dissolving
HEX
#0c565a
RGB
rgb(12,86,90)
RGB%
rgb(4.7%,33.7%,35.3%)
HSL
hsl(183,76%,20%)
HSV
hsv(183,87%,35%)
CMYK
cmyk(87,4,0,65)
LAB
lab(33,-19,-8)
LCH
lch(33,21,203)
sRGB
(0.047,0.337,0.353)
HEX8
#0c565aff
CSS Name
Decimal
012086090

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Color info

Lightness
20%
Saturation
76%
Hue
183°
Chroma
21
Temperature
WarmCool
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