Joyless Carbon through the Dissolving

#2e3e3a RGB(46,62,58)

About this color

Joyless Carbon through the Dissolving is rendered by screens as RGB(46, 62, 58) — a dark, muted cyan hue.

#2e3e3aRGB(46, 62, 58)

HSL 165° · 15% saturation · 21% 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
Joyless Carbon through the Dissolving
HEX
#2e3e3a
RGB
rgb(46,62,58)
RGB%
rgb(18%,24.3%,22.7%)
HSL
hsl(165,15%,21%)
HSV
hsv(165,26%,24%)
CMYK
cmyk(26,0,6,76)
LAB
lab(25,-7,0)
LCH
lch(25,7,180)
sRGB
(0.18,0.243,0.227)
HEX8
#2e3e3aff
CSS Name
Decimal
046062058

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Color info

Lightness
21%
Saturation
15%
Hue
165°
Chroma
7
Temperature
WarmCool
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