Forlorn Basalt until Freezing

#182d26 RGB(24,45,38)

About this color

Forlorn Basalt until Freezing is rendered by screens as RGB(24, 45, 38) — a deep, moderate cyan hue.

#182d26RGB(24, 45, 38)

HSL 160° · 30% saturation · 14% 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

Practically speaking, this deep cyan is most at home 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

When it comes to colour harmony, 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
Forlorn Basalt until Freezing
HEX
#182d26
RGB
rgb(24,45,38)
RGB%
rgb(9.4%,17.6%,14.9%)
HSL
hsl(160,30%,14%)
HSV
hsv(160,47%,18%)
CMYK
cmyk(47,0,16,82)
LAB
lab(17,-10,2)
LCH
lch(17,10,169)
sRGB
(0.094,0.176,0.149)
HEX8
#182d26ff
CSS Name
Decimal
024045038

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Color info

Lightness
14%
Saturation
30%
Hue
160°
Chroma
10
Temperature
WarmCool
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