Buried Basalt upon the Dreading

#1c373a RGB(28,55,58)

About this color

Buried Basalt upon the Dreading is rendered by screens as RGB(28, 55, 58) — a dark, moderate cyan hue.

#1c373aRGB(28, 55, 58)

HSL 186° · 35% saturation · 17% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
Buried Basalt upon the Dreading
HEX
#1c373a
RGB
rgb(28,55,58)
RGB%
rgb(11%,21.6%,22.7%)
HSL
hsl(186,35%,17%)
HSV
hsv(186,52%,23%)
CMYK
cmyk(52,5,0,77)
LAB
lab(21,-9,-5)
LCH
lch(21,10,209)
sRGB
(0.11,0.216,0.227)
HEX8
#1c373aff
CSS Name
Decimal
028055058

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Color info

Lightness
17%
Saturation
35%
Hue
186°
Chroma
10
Temperature
WarmCool
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