When Lowering Basalt onto Hollowing

#175d1e RGB(23,93,30)

About this color

When Lowering Basalt onto Hollowing is a vivid, dark green tone, fixed at #175d1e in the RGB color space.

#175d1eRGB(23, 93, 30)

HSL 126° · 60% saturation · 23% 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
When Lowering Basalt onto Hollowing
HEX
#175d1e
RGB
rgb(23,93,30)
RGB%
rgb(9%,36.5%,11.8%)
HSL
hsl(126,60%,23%)
HSV
hsv(126,75%,36%)
CMYK
cmyk(75,0,68,64)
LAB
lab(34,-35,29)
LCH
lch(34,45,140)
sRGB
(0.09,0.365,0.118)
HEX8
#175d1eff
CSS Name
Decimal
023093030

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Color info

Lightness
23%
Saturation
60%
Hue
126°
Chroma
45
Temperature
WarmCool
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