The Stifled Basalt round Wasting

#2b5e50 RGB(43,94,80)

About this color

The Stifled Basalt round Wasting is rendered by screens as RGB(43, 94, 80) — a dark, moderate cyan hue.

#2b5e50RGB(43, 94, 80)

HSL 164° · 37% saturation · 27% 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 grounding element in print design — covers, footers, section dividers. On screen it suits dashboards and interfaces where a serious tone matters.

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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
The Stifled Basalt round Wasting
HEX
#2b5e50
RGB
rgb(43,94,80)
RGB%
rgb(16.9%,36.9%,31.4%)
HSL
hsl(164,37%,27%)
HSV
hsv(164,54%,37%)
CMYK
cmyk(54,0,15,63)
LAB
lab(36,-21,3)
LCH
lch(36,21,172)
sRGB
(0.169,0.369,0.314)
HEX8
#2b5e50ff
CSS Name
Decimal
043094080

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Color info

Lightness
27%
Saturation
37%
Hue
164°
Chroma
21
Temperature
WarmCool
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