Mellow Basin into Gathering

#00a27c RGB(0,162,124)

About this color

Mellow Basin into Gathering occupies the dark, intense end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #00a27c — RGB(0, 162, 124).

#00a27cRGB(0, 162, 124)

HSL 166° · 100% saturation · 32% 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
Mellow Basin into Gathering
HEX
#00a27c
RGB
rgb(0,162,124)
RGB%
rgb(0%,63.5%,48.6%)
HSL
hsl(166,100%,32%)
HSV
hsv(166,100%,64%)
CMYK
cmyk(100,0,23,36)
LAB
lab(59,-45,10)
LCH
lch(59,46,167)
sRGB
(0,0.635,0.486)
HEX8
#00a27cff
CSS Name
Decimal
000162124

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Color info

Lightness
32%
Saturation
100%
Hue
166°
Chroma
46
Temperature
WarmCool
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