Grieving Ash up the Strangling

#143c3a RGB(20,60,58)

About this color

Grieving Ash up the Strangling settles into a dark cyan territory with a vivid quality that feels cool — captured at #143c3a, RGB(20, 60, 58).

#143c3aRGB(20, 60, 58)

HSL 177° · 50% saturation · 16% lightness

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Psychology

In deeper registers cyan reads as focused and efficient — a colour of systems and clarity.

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History

Cyan as a printing ink became central to modern colour reproduction — the C in CMYK — because its complement to red allows the full printable colour range.

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Design use

From a design perspective, this shade excels 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

Looking at colour relationships, cyan complements warm reds and red-oranges — a palette of technological energy. For calmer use, pair with white, light grey, and the lightest tints of the same hue.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
Grieving Ash up the Strangling
HEX
#143c3a
RGB
rgb(20,60,58)
RGB%
rgb(7.8%,23.5%,22.7%)
HSL
hsl(177,50%,16%)
HSV
hsv(177,67%,24%)
CMYK
cmyk(67,0,3,76)
LAB
lab(23,-14,-3)
LCH
lch(23,14,192)
sRGB
(0.078,0.235,0.227)
HEX8
#143c3aff
CSS Name
Decimal
020060058

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Color info

Lightness
16%
Saturation
50%
Hue
177°
Chroma
14
Temperature
WarmCool
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