The Carbon for Wounded Dissolving

#151f22 RGB(21,31,34)

About this color

The Carbon for Wounded Dissolving is rendered by screens as RGB(21, 31, 34) — a deep, muted cyan hue.

#151f22RGB(21, 31, 34)

HSL 194° · 24% saturation · 11% 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 formats

Name
The Carbon for Wounded Dissolving
HEX
#151f22
RGB
rgb(21,31,34)
RGB%
rgb(8.2%,12.2%,13.3%)
HSL
hsl(194,24%,11%)
HSV
hsv(194,38%,13%)
CMYK
cmyk(38,9,0,87)
LAB
lab(11,-4,-3)
LCH
lch(11,5,217)
sRGB
(0.082,0.122,0.133)
HEX8
#151f22ff
CSS Name
Decimal
021031034

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Color info

Lightness
11%
Saturation
24%
Hue
194°
Chroma
5
Temperature
WarmCool
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