The Basalt till Sightless Smothering

#0d1112 RGB(13,17,18)

About this color

The Basalt till Sightless Smothering is rendered by screens as RGB(13, 17, 18) — a deep, muted cyan hue.

#0d1112RGB(13, 17, 18)

HSL 192° · 16% saturation · 6% 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
The Basalt till Sightless Smothering
HEX
#0d1112
RGB
rgb(13,17,18)
RGB%
rgb(5.1%,6.7%,7.1%)
HSL
hsl(192,16%,6%)
HSV
hsv(192,28%,7%)
CMYK
cmyk(28,6,0,93)
LAB
lab(5,-1,-1)
LCH
lch(5,1,225)
sRGB
(0.051,0.067,0.071)
HEX8
#0d1112ff
CSS Name
Decimal
013017018

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Color info

Lightness
6%
Saturation
16%
Hue
192°
Chroma
1
Temperature
WarmCool
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