When Mourning Brine from Wearing

#286a3e RGB(40,106,62)

About this color

When Mourning Brine from Wearing is a moderate, dark green tone, fixed at #286a3e in the RGB color space.

#286a3eRGB(40, 106, 62)

HSL 140° · 45% saturation · 29% 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 formats

Name
When Mourning Brine from Wearing
HEX
#286a3e
RGB
rgb(40,106,62)
RGB%
rgb(15.7%,41.6%,24.3%)
HSL
hsl(140,45%,29%)
HSV
hsv(140,62%,42%)
CMYK
cmyk(62,0,42,58)
LAB
lab(40,-32,19)
LCH
lch(40,37,149)
sRGB
(0.157,0.416,0.243)
HEX8
#286a3eff
CSS Name
Decimal
040106062

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Color info

Lightness
29%
Saturation
45%
Hue
140°
Chroma
37
Temperature
WarmCool
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