The Grieving Ash Inside Oppressing

#174e3b RGB(23,78,59)

About this color

The Grieving Ash Inside Oppressing presents itself as a dark, vivid cyan shade, sitting at #174e3b in the 24-bit RGB space.

#174e3bRGB(23, 78, 59)

HSL 159° · 54% saturation · 20% 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

In practical terms, a dark cyan like this works well 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

In terms of colour combinations, 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 Grieving Ash Inside Oppressing
HEX
#174e3b
RGB
rgb(23,78,59)
RGB%
rgb(9%,30.6%,23.1%)
HSL
hsl(159,54%,20%)
HSV
hsv(159,71%,31%)
CMYK
cmyk(71,0,24,69)
LAB
lab(29,-23,6)
LCH
lch(29,24,165)
sRGB
(0.09,0.306,0.231)
HEX8
#174e3bff
CSS Name
Decimal
023078059

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Color info

Lightness
20%
Saturation
54%
Hue
159°
Chroma
24
Temperature
WarmCool
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