The Basalt underneath Forbidding Eroding

#206f4d RGB(32,111,77)

About this color

The Basalt underneath Forbidding Eroding is rendered by screens as RGB(32, 111, 77) — a dark, vivid cyan hue.

#206f4dRGB(32, 111, 77)

HSL 154° · 55% saturation · 28% 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 formats

Name
The Basalt underneath Forbidding Eroding
HEX
#206f4d
RGB
rgb(32,111,77)
RGB%
rgb(12.5%,43.5%,30.2%)
HSL
hsl(154,55%,28%)
HSV
hsv(154,71%,44%)
CMYK
cmyk(71,0,31,56)
LAB
lab(42,-32,12)
LCH
lch(42,34,159)
sRGB
(0.125,0.435,0.302)
HEX8
#206f4dff
CSS Name
Decimal
032111077

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Color info

Lightness
28%
Saturation
55%
Hue
154°
Chroma
34
Temperature
WarmCool
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