Brooding Boulder in the Breaking

#31402a RGB(49,64,42)

About this color

Brooding Boulder in the Breaking is a muted, dark green tone, fixed at #31402a in the RGB color space.

#31402aRGB(49, 64, 42)

HSL 101° · 21% saturation · 21% 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
Brooding Boulder in the Breaking
HEX
#31402a
RGB
rgb(49,64,42)
RGB%
rgb(19.2%,25.1%,16.5%)
HSL
hsl(101,21%,21%)
HSV
hsv(101,34%,25%)
CMYK
cmyk(23,0,34,75)
LAB
lab(25,-11,12)
LCH
lch(25,16,133)
sRGB
(0.192,0.251,0.165)
HEX8
#31402aff
CSS Name
Decimal
049064042

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Color info

Lightness
21%
Saturation
21%
Hue
101°
Chroma
16
Temperature
WarmCool
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