The Basalt alongside Lonely Embittering

#124a52 RGB(18,74,82)

About this color

The Basalt alongside Lonely Embittering is rendered by screens as RGB(18, 74, 82) — a dark, vivid cyan hue.

#124a52RGB(18, 74, 82)

HSL 188° · 64% saturation · 20% 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 grounding element in print design — covers, footers, section dividers. On screen it suits dashboards and interfaces where a serious tone matters.

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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 formats

Name
The Basalt alongside Lonely Embittering
HEX
#124a52
RGB
rgb(18,74,82)
RGB%
rgb(7.1%,29%,32.2%)
HSL
hsl(188,64%,20%)
HSV
hsv(188,78%,32%)
CMYK
cmyk(78,10,0,68)
LAB
lab(28,-15,-10)
LCH
lch(28,18,214)
sRGB
(0.071,0.29,0.322)
HEX8
#124a52ff
CSS Name
Decimal
018074082

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Color info

Lightness
20%
Saturation
64%
Hue
188°
Chroma
18
Temperature
WarmCool
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