When the Sightless Basalt beside Thawing

#2c5818 RGB(44,88,24)

About this color

When the Sightless Basalt beside Thawing is a vivid, dark green tone, fixed at #2c5818 in the RGB color space.

#2c5818RGB(44, 88, 24)

HSL 101° · 57% saturation · 22% 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 the Sightless Basalt beside Thawing
HEX
#2c5818
RGB
rgb(44,88,24)
RGB%
rgb(17.3%,34.5%,9.4%)
HSL
hsl(101,57%,22%)
HSV
hsv(101,73%,35%)
CMYK
cmyk(50,0,73,65)
LAB
lab(33,-28,31)
LCH
lch(33,42,132)
sRGB
(0.173,0.345,0.094)
HEX8
#2c5818ff
CSS Name
Decimal
044088024

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Color info

Lightness
22%
Saturation
57%
Hue
101°
Chroma
42
Temperature
WarmCool
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