What Muted Basalt up Sapping

#254644 RGB(37,70,68)

About this color

What Muted Basalt up Sapping settles into a dark cyan territory with a moderate quality that feels cool — captured at #254644, RGB(37, 70, 68).

#254644RGB(37, 70, 68)

HSL 176° · 31% saturation · 21% 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

From a design perspective, this shade excels 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

Looking at colour relationships, 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
What Muted Basalt up Sapping
HEX
#254644
RGB
rgb(37,70,68)
RGB%
rgb(14.5%,27.5%,26.7%)
HSL
hsl(176,31%,21%)
HSV
hsv(176,47%,27%)
CMYK
cmyk(47,0,3,73)
LAB
lab(27,-13,-3)
LCH
lch(27,13,193)
sRGB
(0.145,0.275,0.267)
HEX8
#254644ff
CSS Name
Decimal
037070068

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Color info

Lightness
21%
Saturation
31%
Hue
176°
Chroma
13
Temperature
WarmCool
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