True Bluff beneath Joining

#01b9c6 RGB(1,185,198)

About this color

True Bluff beneath Joining is rendered by screens as RGB(1, 185, 198) — a medium-dark, intense cyan hue.

#01b9c6RGB(1, 185, 198)

HSL 184° · 99% saturation · 39% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
True Bluff beneath Joining
HEX
#01b9c6
RGB
rgb(1,185,198)
RGB%
rgb(0.4%,72.5%,77.6%)
HSL
hsl(184,99%,39%)
HSV
hsv(184,99%,78%)
CMYK
cmyk(99,7,0,22)
LAB
lab(69,-34,-18)
LCH
lch(69,38,208)
sRGB
(0.004,0.725,0.776)
HEX8
#01b9c6ff
CSS Name
Decimal
001185198

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Color info

Lightness
39%
Saturation
99%
Hue
184°
Chroma
38
Temperature
WarmCool
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