Pale Ash through Shattering

#0e251c RGB(14,37,28)

About this color

Pale Ash through Shattering is rendered by screens as RGB(14, 37, 28) — a deep, moderate cyan hue.

#0e251cRGB(14, 37, 28)

HSL 157° · 45% saturation · 10% 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
Pale Ash through Shattering
HEX
#0e251c
RGB
rgb(14,37,28)
RGB%
rgb(5.5%,14.5%,11%)
HSL
hsl(157,45%,10%)
HSV
hsv(157,62%,15%)
CMYK
cmyk(62,0,24,85)
LAB
lab(13,-12,3)
LCH
lch(13,12,166)
sRGB
(0.055,0.145,0.11)
HEX8
#0e251cff
CSS Name
Decimal
014037028

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Color info

Lightness
10%
Saturation
45%
Hue
157°
Chroma
12
Temperature
WarmCool
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