Muted Basalt beneath Withering

#14755c RGB(20,117,92)

About this color

Muted Basalt beneath Withering is rendered by screens as RGB(20, 117, 92) — a dark, vivid cyan hue.

#14755cRGB(20, 117, 92)

HSL 165° · 71% saturation · 27% 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 primary background in dark themes, a strong border or divider, or a headline colour against a light surface. Combine with lighter tints of the same hue for a cohesive palette.

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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
Muted Basalt beneath Withering
HEX
#14755c
RGB
rgb(20,117,92)
RGB%
rgb(7.8%,45.9%,36.1%)
HSL
hsl(165,71%,27%)
HSV
hsv(165,83%,46%)
CMYK
cmyk(83,0,21,54)
LAB
lab(44,-33,6)
LCH
lch(44,34,170)
sRGB
(0.078,0.459,0.361)
HEX8
#14755cff
CSS Name
Decimal
020117092

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Color info

Lightness
27%
Saturation
71%
Hue
165°
Chroma
34
Temperature
WarmCool
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