When the Grieving Cairn down Mauling

#2f5a38 RGB(47,90,56)

About this color

When the Grieving Cairn down Mauling is rendered by screens as RGB(47, 90, 56) — a dark, moderate green hue.

#2f5a38RGB(47, 90, 56)

HSL 133° · 31% saturation · 27% lightness

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Psychology

Dark greens evoke dense forests, institution and permanence — think library walls, old maps, and military insignia.

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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

Practically speaking, this deep green 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, for a natural palette, combine this green with terracotta, ochre, and warm cream. For a bolder approach, its complement — a warm red-magenta — creates immediate impact.

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Color formats

Name
When the Grieving Cairn down Mauling
HEX
#2f5a38
RGB
rgb(47,90,56)
RGB%
rgb(18.4%,35.3%,22%)
HSL
hsl(133,31%,27%)
HSV
hsv(133,48%,35%)
CMYK
cmyk(48,0,38,65)
LAB
lab(34,-23,15)
LCH
lch(34,27,147)
sRGB
(0.184,0.353,0.22)
HEX8
#2f5a38ff
CSS Name
Decimal
047090056

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Color info

Lightness
27%
Saturation
31%
Hue
133°
Chroma
27
Temperature
WarmCool
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