The Basalt beneath Grimy Lingering

#0d5b72 RGB(13,91,114)

About this color

The Basalt beneath Grimy Lingering is rendered by screens as RGB(13, 91, 114) — a dark, intense cyan hue.

#0d5b72RGB(13, 91, 114)

HSL 194° · 80% saturation · 25% 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 beneath Grimy Lingering
HEX
#0d5b72
RGB
rgb(13,91,114)
RGB%
rgb(5.1%,35.7%,44.7%)
HSL
hsl(194,80%,25%)
HSV
hsv(194,89%,45%)
CMYK
cmyk(89,20,0,55)
LAB
lab(36,-13,-19)
LCH
lch(36,23,236)
sRGB
(0.051,0.357,0.447)
HEX8
#0d5b72ff
CSS Name
Decimal
013091114

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Color info

Lightness
25%
Saturation
80%
Hue
194°
Chroma
23
Temperature
WarmCool
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