When the Exhausted Ash circa Bemoaning

#175848 RGB(23,88,72)

About this color

When the Exhausted Ash circa Bemoaning is a vivid, dark cyan tone, fixed at #175848 in the RGB color space.

#175848RGB(23, 88, 72)

HSL 165° · 59% saturation · 22% 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

As a dark tone, it naturally lends itself to a grounding element in print design — covers, footers, section dividers. On screen it suits dashboards and interfaces where a serious tone matters.

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Colour pairings

For palette building, 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
When the Exhausted Ash circa Bemoaning
HEX
#175848
RGB
rgb(23,88,72)
RGB%
rgb(9%,34.5%,28.2%)
HSL
hsl(165,59%,22%)
HSV
hsv(165,74%,35%)
CMYK
cmyk(74,0,18,65)
LAB
lab(33,-25,3)
LCH
lch(33,25,173)
sRGB
(0.09,0.345,0.282)
HEX8
#175848ff
CSS Name
Decimal
023088072

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Color info

Lightness
22%
Saturation
59%
Hue
165°
Chroma
25
Temperature
WarmCool
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