Benighted Basalt outside Quenching

#2a6456 RGB(42,100,86)

About this color

Benighted Basalt outside Quenching occupies the dark, moderate end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #2a6456 — RGB(42, 100, 86).

#2a6456RGB(42, 100, 86)

HSL 166° · 41% saturation · 28% 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 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

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 Categories

Color formats

Name
Benighted Basalt outside Quenching
HEX
#2a6456
RGB
rgb(42,100,86)
RGB%
rgb(16.5%,39.2%,33.7%)
HSL
hsl(166,41%,28%)
HSV
hsv(166,58%,39%)
CMYK
cmyk(58,0,14,61)
LAB
lab(38,-23,2)
LCH
lch(38,23,175)
sRGB
(0.165,0.392,0.337)
HEX8
#2a6456ff
CSS Name
Decimal
042100086

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Color info

Lightness
28%
Saturation
41%
Hue
166°
Chroma
23
Temperature
WarmCool
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