When the Moonless Basalt circa Wracking

#142f28 RGB(20,47,40)

About this color

When the Moonless Basalt circa Wracking is rendered by screens as RGB(20, 47, 40) — a deep, moderate cyan hue.

#142f28RGB(20, 47, 40)

HSL 164° · 40% saturation · 13% 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
When the Moonless Basalt circa Wracking
HEX
#142f28
RGB
rgb(20,47,40)
RGB%
rgb(7.8%,18.4%,15.7%)
HSL
hsl(164,40%,13%)
HSV
hsv(164,57%,18%)
CMYK
cmyk(57,0,15,82)
LAB
lab(17,-12,1)
LCH
lch(17,12,175)
sRGB
(0.078,0.184,0.157)
HEX8
#142f28ff
CSS Name
Decimal
020047040

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Color info

Lightness
13%
Saturation
40%
Hue
164°
Chroma
12
Temperature
WarmCool
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