When Tarnished Cairn from Faltering

#226c4e RGB(34,108,78)

About this color

When Tarnished Cairn from Faltering is a vivid, dark cyan tone, fixed at #226c4e in the RGB color space.

#226c4eRGB(34, 108, 78)

HSL 156° · 52% saturation · 28% 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
When Tarnished Cairn from Faltering
HEX
#226c4e
RGB
rgb(34,108,78)
RGB%
rgb(13.3%,42.4%,30.6%)
HSL
hsl(156,52%,28%)
HSV
hsv(156,69%,42%)
CMYK
cmyk(69,0,28,58)
LAB
lab(41,-30,10)
LCH
lch(41,32,162)
sRGB
(0.133,0.424,0.306)
HEX8
#226c4eff
CSS Name
Decimal
034108078

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Color info

Lightness
28%
Saturation
52%
Hue
156°
Chroma
32
Temperature
WarmCool
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