The Brooding Ash up Wasting

#08490b RGB(8,73,11)

About this color

The Brooding Ash up Wasting is a intense, dark green tone, fixed at #08490b in the RGB color space.

#08490bRGB(8, 73, 11)

HSL 123° · 80% saturation · 16% lightness

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Psychology

In its deeper registers green suggests reliability, endurance, and a grounded relationship with nature.

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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

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, 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
The Brooding Ash up Wasting
HEX
#08490b
RGB
rgb(8,73,11)
RGB%
rgb(3.1%,28.6%,4.3%)
HSL
hsl(123,80%,16%)
HSV
hsv(123,89%,29%)
CMYK
cmyk(89,0,85,71)
LAB
lab(26,-33,29)
LCH
lch(26,44,139)
sRGB
(0.031,0.286,0.043)
HEX8
#08490bff
CSS Name
Decimal
008073011

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Color info

Lightness
16%
Saturation
80%
Hue
123°
Chroma
44
Temperature
WarmCool
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