What the Steely Basalt off Clouding

#234c0f RGB(35,76,15)

About this color

What the Steely Basalt off Clouding is rendered by screens as RGB(35, 76, 15) — a dark, vivid green hue.

#234c0fRGB(35, 76, 15)

HSL 100° · 67% saturation · 18% lightness

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Psychology

Dark greens evoke dense forests, institution and permanence — think library walls, old maps, and military insignia.

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History

Scheele's Green, an arsenic-based pigment popular in Victorian wallpaper and clothing, is now understood to have caused widespread harm — a cautionary chapter in colour history.

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Design use

Practically speaking, this deep green 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, for a natural palette, combine this green with terracotta, ochre, and warm cream. For a bolder approach, its complement — a warm red-magenta — creates immediate impact.

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Color formats

Name
What the Steely Basalt off Clouding
HEX
#234c0f
RGB
rgb(35,76,15)
RGB%
rgb(13.7%,29.8%,5.9%)
HSL
hsl(100,67%,18%)
HSV
hsv(100,80%,30%)
CMYK
cmyk(54,0,80,70)
LAB
lab(28,-27,30)
LCH
lch(28,40,132)
sRGB
(0.137,0.298,0.059)
HEX8
#234c0fff
CSS Name
Decimal
035076015

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Color info

Lightness
18%
Saturation
67%
Hue
100°
Chroma
40
Temperature
WarmCool
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