When Buried Basalt up Sinking

#02271e RGB(2,39,30)

About this color

When Buried Basalt up Sinking is rendered by screens as RGB(2, 39, 30) — a deep, intense cyan hue.

#02271eRGB(2, 39, 30)

HSL 165° · 90% saturation · 8% 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
When Buried Basalt up Sinking
HEX
#02271e
RGB
rgb(2,39,30)
RGB%
rgb(0.8%,15.3%,11.8%)
HSL
hsl(165,90%,8%)
HSV
hsv(165,95%,15%)
CMYK
cmyk(95,0,23,85)
LAB
lab(13,-16,2)
LCH
lch(13,16,173)
sRGB
(0.008,0.153,0.118)
HEX8
#02271eff
CSS Name
Decimal
002039030

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Color info

Lightness
8%
Saturation
90%
Hue
165°
Chroma
16
Temperature
WarmCool
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