What the Basin from Sienna Embedding

#18a559 RGB(24,165,89)

About this color

What the Basin from Sienna Embedding is a intense, medium-dark green tone, fixed at #18a559 in the RGB color space.

#18a559RGB(24, 165, 89)

HSL 148° · 75% saturation · 37% 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
What the Basin from Sienna Embedding
HEX
#18a559
RGB
rgb(24,165,89)
RGB%
rgb(9.4%,64.7%,34.9%)
HSL
hsl(148,75%,37%)
HSV
hsv(148,85%,65%)
CMYK
cmyk(85,0,46,35)
LAB
lab(60,-52,30)
LCH
lch(60,60,150)
sRGB
(0.094,0.647,0.349)
HEX8
#18a559ff
CSS Name
Decimal
024165089

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Color info

Lightness
37%
Saturation
75%
Hue
148°
Chroma
60
Temperature
WarmCool
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