The Austere Basalt outside Yielding

#0d845b RGB(13,132,91)

About this color

The Austere Basalt outside Yielding carries its coordinates at #0d845b: a dark cyan with intense saturation.

#0d845bRGB(13, 132, 91)

HSL 159° · 82% saturation · 28% lightness

🧠

Psychology

In deeper registers cyan reads as focused and efficient — a colour of systems and clarity.

🏛️

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.

✏️

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.

🎭

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.

⚖️ Contrast checker👁 Colour blindness🌈 Gradient🎨 Colour mixer

Color Categories

Color formats

Name
The Austere Basalt outside Yielding
HEX
#0d845b
RGB
rgb(13,132,91)
RGB%
rgb(5.1%,51.8%,35.7%)
HSL
hsl(159,82%,28%)
HSV
hsv(159,90%,52%)
CMYK
cmyk(90,0,31,48)
LAB
lab(49,-40,14)
LCH
lch(49,42,161)
sRGB
(0.051,0.518,0.357)
HEX8
#0d845bff
CSS Name
Decimal
013132091

Similar colors

Color variants

Color info

Lightness
28%
Saturation
82%
Hue
159°
Chroma
42
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Preview
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Share