Deep Ash in Crushing

#1e656c RGB(30,101,108)

About this color

Deep Ash in Crushing is a vivid, dark cyan tone, fixed at #1e656c in the RGB color space.

#1e656cRGB(30, 101, 108)

HSL 185° · 57% saturation · 27% 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
Deep Ash in Crushing
HEX
#1e656c
RGB
rgb(30,101,108)
RGB%
rgb(11.8%,39.6%,42.4%)
HSL
hsl(185,57%,27%)
HSV
hsv(185,72%,42%)
CMYK
cmyk(72,6,0,58)
LAB
lab(39,-19,-10)
LCH
lch(39,21,208)
sRGB
(0.118,0.396,0.424)
HEX8
#1e656cff
CSS Name
Decimal
030101108

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Color info

Lightness
27%
Saturation
57%
Hue
185°
Chroma
21
Temperature
WarmCool
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