The Empty Ash down Lapsing

#2b3c3b RGB(43,60,59)

About this color

The Empty Ash down Lapsing is rendered by screens as RGB(43, 60, 59) — a dark, muted cyan hue.

#2b3c3bRGB(43, 60, 59)

HSL 176° · 17% saturation · 20% 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 formats

Name
The Empty Ash down Lapsing
HEX
#2b3c3b
RGB
rgb(43,60,59)
RGB%
rgb(16.9%,23.5%,23.1%)
HSL
hsl(176,17%,20%)
HSV
hsv(176,28%,24%)
CMYK
cmyk(28,0,2,76)
LAB
lab(24,-7,-2)
LCH
lch(24,7,196)
sRGB
(0.169,0.235,0.231)
HEX8
#2b3c3bff
CSS Name
Decimal
043060059

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Color info

Lightness
20%
Saturation
17%
Hue
176°
Chroma
7
Temperature
WarmCool
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