Decayed Cairn by the Deepening

#1e5941 RGB(30,89,65)

About this color

Decayed Cairn by the Deepening is a vivid, dark cyan tone, fixed at #1e5941 in the RGB color space.

#1e5941RGB(30, 89, 65)

HSL 156° · 50% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
Decayed Cairn by the Deepening
HEX
#1e5941
RGB
rgb(30,89,65)
RGB%
rgb(11.8%,34.9%,25.5%)
HSL
hsl(156,50%,23%)
HSV
hsv(156,66%,35%)
CMYK
cmyk(66,0,27,65)
LAB
lab(34,-26,8)
LCH
lch(34,27,163)
sRGB
(0.118,0.349,0.255)
HEX8
#1e5941ff
CSS Name
Decimal
030089065

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Color info

Lightness
23%
Saturation
50%
Hue
156°
Chroma
27
Temperature
WarmCool
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