Nightbound Basalt up the Unmaking

#173a2a RGB(23,58,42)

About this color

Nightbound Basalt up the Unmaking is rendered by screens as RGB(23, 58, 42) — a dark, moderate cyan hue.

#173a2aRGB(23, 58, 42)

HSL 153° · 43% saturation · 16% 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
Nightbound Basalt up the Unmaking
HEX
#173a2a
RGB
rgb(23,58,42)
RGB%
rgb(9%,22.7%,16.5%)
HSL
hsl(153,43%,16%)
HSV
hsv(153,60%,23%)
CMYK
cmyk(60,0,28,77)
LAB
lab(21,-17,6)
LCH
lch(21,18,161)
sRGB
(0.09,0.227,0.165)
HEX8
#173a2aff
CSS Name
Decimal
023058042

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Color info

Lightness
16%
Saturation
43%
Hue
153°
Chroma
18
Temperature
WarmCool
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