What Austere Cairn between Dissolving

#174024 RGB(23,64,36)

About this color

What Austere Cairn between Dissolving is a moderate, dark green tone, fixed at #174024 in the RGB color space.

#174024RGB(23, 64, 36)

HSL 139° · 47% saturation · 17% lightness

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Psychology

In its deeper registers green suggests reliability, endurance, and a grounded relationship with nature.

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History

Scheele's Green, an arsenic-based pigment popular in Victorian wallpaper and clothing, is now understood to have caused widespread harm — a cautionary chapter in colour history.

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Design use

As a dark tone, it naturally lends itself to 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

For palette building, this green complements red-violet shades for maximum contrast, but pairs more gently with sandy neutrals, warm whites, and wood tones.

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Color formats

Name
What Austere Cairn between Dissolving
HEX
#174024
RGB
rgb(23,64,36)
RGB%
rgb(9%,25.1%,14.1%)
HSL
hsl(139,47%,17%)
HSV
hsv(139,64%,25%)
CMYK
cmyk(64,0,44,75)
LAB
lab(24,-22,13)
LCH
lch(24,26,149)
sRGB
(0.09,0.251,0.141)
HEX8
#174024ff
CSS Name
Decimal
023064036

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Color info

Lightness
17%
Saturation
47%
Hue
139°
Chroma
26
Temperature
WarmCool
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