The Heavyhearted Bedrock without Embittering

#293230 RGB(41,50,48)

About this color

The Heavyhearted Bedrock without Embittering is a muted, dark cyan tone, fixed at #293230 in the RGB color space.

#293230RGB(41, 50, 48)

HSL 167° · 10% saturation · 18% 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

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, 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
The Heavyhearted Bedrock without Embittering
HEX
#293230
RGB
rgb(41,50,48)
RGB%
rgb(16.1%,19.6%,18.8%)
HSL
hsl(167,10%,18%)
HSV
hsv(167,18%,20%)
CMYK
cmyk(18,0,4,80)
LAB
lab(20,-4,0)
LCH
lch(20,4,180)
sRGB
(0.161,0.196,0.188)
HEX8
#293230ff
CSS Name
Decimal
041050048

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Color info

Lightness
18%
Saturation
10%
Hue
167°
Chroma
4
Temperature
WarmCool
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