Spent Basalt Around the Haunting

#0e272a RGB(14,39,42)

About this color

Spent Basalt Around the Haunting carries its coordinates at #0e272a: a deep cyan with vivid saturation.

#0e272aRGB(14, 39, 42)

HSL 186° · 50% saturation · 11% 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
Spent Basalt Around the Haunting
HEX
#0e272a
RGB
rgb(14,39,42)
RGB%
rgb(5.5%,15.3%,16.5%)
HSL
hsl(186,50%,11%)
HSV
hsv(186,67%,16%)
CMYK
cmyk(67,7,0,84)
LAB
lab(14,-9,-5)
LCH
lch(14,10,209)
sRGB
(0.055,0.153,0.165)
HEX8
#0e272aff
CSS Name
Decimal
014039042

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Color info

Lightness
11%
Saturation
50%
Hue
186°
Chroma
10
Temperature
WarmCool
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