When Mournful Basalt via Sinking

#153123 RGB(21,49,35)

About this color

When Mournful Basalt via Sinking is rendered by screens as RGB(21, 49, 35) — a deep, moderate cyan hue.

#153123RGB(21, 49, 35)

HSL 150° · 40% saturation · 14% 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
When Mournful Basalt via Sinking
HEX
#153123
RGB
rgb(21,49,35)
RGB%
rgb(8.2%,19.2%,13.7%)
HSL
hsl(150,40%,14%)
HSV
hsv(150,57%,19%)
CMYK
cmyk(57,0,29,81)
LAB
lab(18,-15,6)
LCH
lch(18,16,158)
sRGB
(0.082,0.192,0.137)
HEX8
#153123ff
CSS Name
Decimal
021049035

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Color info

Lightness
14%
Saturation
40%
Hue
150°
Chroma
16
Temperature
WarmCool
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