Beckoning Beam on the Cascading

#a5c0aa RGB(165,192,170)

About this color

Beckoning Beam on the Cascading is a muted, light green tone, fixed at #a5c0aa in the RGB color space.

#a5c0aaRGB(165, 192, 170)

HSL 131° · 18% saturation · 70% lightness

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Psychology

Pale green carries associations of health, calm, and natural simplicity.

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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

With its high lightness, this tone is ideal as backgrounds, cards, and large surface areas where readability of dark text is the priority. It recedes quietly, allowing content to take the lead.

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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
Beckoning Beam on the Cascading
HEX
#a5c0aa
RGB
rgb(165,192,170)
RGB%
rgb(64.7%,75.3%,66.7%)
HSL
hsl(131,18%,70%)
HSV
hsv(131,14%,75%)
CMYK
cmyk(14,0,11,25)
LAB
lab(75,-13,8)
LCH
lch(75,15,148)
sRGB
(0.647,0.753,0.667)
HEX8
#a5c0aaff
CSS Name
Decimal
165192170

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Color info

Lightness
70%
Saturation
18%
Hue
131°
Chroma
15
Temperature
WarmCool
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