The Lugubrious Basalt behind Petrifying

#25453b RGB(37,69,59)

About this color

The Lugubrious Basalt behind Petrifying is rendered by screens as RGB(37, 69, 59) — a dark, moderate cyan hue.

#25453bRGB(37, 69, 59)

HSL 161° · 30% saturation · 21% 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 grounding element in print design — covers, footers, section dividers. On screen it suits dashboards and interfaces where a serious tone matters.

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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 Lugubrious Basalt behind Petrifying
HEX
#25453b
RGB
rgb(37,69,59)
RGB%
rgb(14.5%,27.1%,23.1%)
HSL
hsl(161,30%,21%)
HSV
hsv(161,46%,27%)
CMYK
cmyk(46,0,14,73)
LAB
lab(27,-15,2)
LCH
lch(27,15,172)
sRGB
(0.145,0.271,0.231)
HEX8
#25453bff
CSS Name
Decimal
037069059

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Color info

Lightness
21%
Saturation
30%
Hue
161°
Chroma
15
Temperature
WarmCool
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