Austere Cave amid Burning

#17524c RGB(23,82,76)

About this color

Austere Cave amid Burning settles into a dark cyan territory with a vivid quality that feels cool — captured at #17524c, RGB(23, 82, 76).

#17524cRGB(23, 82, 76)

HSL 174° · 56% saturation · 21% lightness

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Psychology

In deeper registers cyan reads as focused and efficient — a colour of systems and clarity.

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History

Cyan as a printing ink became central to modern colour reproduction — the C in CMYK — because its complement to red allows the full printable colour range.

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Design use

From a design perspective, this shade excels 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

Looking at colour relationships, cyan complements warm reds and red-oranges — a palette of technological energy. For calmer use, pair with white, light grey, and the lightest tints of the same hue.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
Austere Cave amid Burning
HEX
#17524c
RGB
rgb(23,82,76)
RGB%
rgb(9%,32.2%,29.8%)
HSL
hsl(174,56%,21%)
HSV
hsv(174,72%,32%)
CMYK
cmyk(72,0,7,68)
LAB
lab(31,-20,-2)
LCH
lch(31,20,186)
sRGB
(0.09,0.322,0.298)
HEX8
#17524cff
CSS Name
Decimal
023082076

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Color info

Lightness
21%
Saturation
56%
Hue
174°
Chroma
20
Temperature
WarmCool
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