When Bitter Ash beyond Freezing

#0c6043 RGB(12,96,67)

About this color

When Bitter Ash beyond Freezing is a intense, dark cyan tone, fixed at #0c6043 in the RGB color space.

#0c6043RGB(12, 96, 67)

HSL 159° · 78% saturation · 21% 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

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, 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
When Bitter Ash beyond Freezing
HEX
#0c6043
RGB
rgb(12,96,67)
RGB%
rgb(4.7%,37.6%,26.3%)
HSL
hsl(159,78%,21%)
HSV
hsv(159,88%,38%)
CMYK
cmyk(87,0,30,62)
LAB
lab(36,-31,10)
LCH
lch(36,33,162)
sRGB
(0.047,0.376,0.263)
HEX8
#0c6043ff
CSS Name
Decimal
012096067

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Color info

Lightness
21%
Saturation
78%
Hue
159°
Chroma
33
Temperature
WarmCool
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