Forgotten Ash until the Clouding

#031b11 RGB(3,27,17)

About this color

Forgotten Ash until the Clouding is rendered by screens as RGB(3, 27, 17) — a deep, intense cyan hue.

#031b11RGB(3, 27, 17)

HSL 155° · 80% saturation · 6% 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 formats

Name
Forgotten Ash until the Clouding
HEX
#031b11
RGB
rgb(3,27,17)
RGB%
rgb(1.2%,10.6%,6.7%)
HSL
hsl(155,80%,6%)
HSV
hsv(155,89%,11%)
CMYK
cmyk(89,0,37,89)
LAB
lab(8,-11,4)
LCH
lch(8,12,160)
sRGB
(0.012,0.106,0.067)
HEX8
#031b11ff
CSS Name
Decimal
003027017

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Color info

Lightness
6%
Saturation
80%
Hue
155°
Chroma
12
Temperature
WarmCool
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