The Clouded Basalt above Toppling

#1b5b3b RGB(27,91,59)

About this color

The Clouded Basalt above Toppling is a vivid, dark cyan tone, fixed at #1b5b3b in the RGB color space.

#1b5b3bRGB(27, 91, 59)

HSL 150° · 54% saturation · 23% 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 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, 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 formats

Name
The Clouded Basalt above Toppling
HEX
#1b5b3b
RGB
rgb(27,91,59)
RGB%
rgb(10.6%,35.7%,23.1%)
HSL
hsl(150,54%,23%)
HSV
hsv(150,70%,36%)
CMYK
cmyk(70,0,35,64)
LAB
lab(34,-29,13)
LCH
lch(34,32,156)
sRGB
(0.106,0.357,0.231)
HEX8
#1b5b3bff
CSS Name
Decimal
027091059

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Color info

Lightness
23%
Saturation
54%
Hue
150°
Chroma
32
Temperature
WarmCool
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