Honest Border through Enclosing

#545f4c RGB(84,95,76)

About this color

Honest Border through Enclosing is a muted, dark green tone, fixed at #545f4c in the RGB color space.

#545f4cRGB(84, 95, 76)

HSL 95° · 11% saturation · 34% 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
Honest Border through Enclosing
HEX
#545f4c
RGB
rgb(84,95,76)
RGB%
rgb(32.9%,37.3%,29.8%)
HSL
hsl(95,11%,34%)
HSV
hsv(95,20%,37%)
CMYK
cmyk(12,0,20,63)
LAB
lab(39,-8,9)
LCH
lch(39,12,132)
sRGB
(0.329,0.373,0.298)
HEX8
#545f4cff
CSS Name
Decimal
084095076

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Color info

Lightness
34%
Saturation
11%
Hue
95°
Chroma
12
Temperature
WarmCool
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