When Ashen Burial without Crumbling

#242c23 RGB(36,44,35)

About this color

When Ashen Burial without Crumbling is a muted, dark green tone, fixed at #242c23 in the RGB color space.

#242c23RGB(36, 44, 35)

HSL 113° · 11% saturation · 15% lightness

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Psychology

In its deeper registers green suggests reliability, endurance, and a grounded relationship with nature.

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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

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, this green complements red-violet shades for maximum contrast, but pairs more gently with sandy neutrals, warm whites, and wood tones.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
When Ashen Burial without Crumbling
HEX
#242c23
RGB
rgb(36,44,35)
RGB%
rgb(14.1%,17.3%,13.7%)
HSL
hsl(113,11%,15%)
HSV
hsv(113,20%,17%)
CMYK
cmyk(18,0,20,83)
LAB
lab(17,-6,5)
LCH
lch(17,8,140)
sRGB
(0.141,0.173,0.137)
HEX8
#242c23ff
CSS Name
Decimal
036044035

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Color info

Lightness
15%
Saturation
11%
Hue
113°
Chroma
8
Temperature
WarmCool
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