Embittered Carbon beneath the Brooding

#1e332a RGB(30,51,42)

About this color

Embittered Carbon beneath the Brooding is a moderate, dark cyan tone, fixed at #1e332a in the RGB color space.

#1e332aRGB(30, 51, 42)

HSL 154° · 26% 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

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, 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
Embittered Carbon beneath the Brooding
HEX
#1e332a
RGB
rgb(30,51,42)
RGB%
rgb(11.8%,20%,16.5%)
HSL
hsl(154,26%,16%)
HSV
hsv(154,41%,20%)
CMYK
cmyk(41,0,18,80)
LAB
lab(19,-11,3)
LCH
lch(19,11,165)
sRGB
(0.118,0.2,0.165)
HEX8
#1e332aff
CSS Name
Decimal
030051042

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Color info

Lightness
16%
Saturation
26%
Hue
154°
Chroma
11
Temperature
WarmCool
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