Colours different in different selectors on fireworks

Can anyone tell me why this is happening:
the CMYK value from the colors > cmyk sliders is outputnig the correct shade of green, however the color palette in the side bar is creating an extremely bright version. Almost looks like it's strying to match web colours. How can I tell it not to?

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