Overcast Cavern until the Despairing

#03393a RGB(3,57,58)

About this color

Overcast Cavern until the Despairing occupies the deep, intense end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #03393a — RGB(3, 57, 58).

#03393aRGB(3, 57, 58)

HSL 181° · 90% saturation · 12% 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
Overcast Cavern until the Despairing
HEX
#03393a
RGB
rgb(3,57,58)
RGB%
rgb(1.2%,22.4%,22.7%)
HSL
hsl(181,90%,12%)
HSV
hsv(181,95%,23%)
CMYK
cmyk(95,2,0,77)
LAB
lab(21,-16,-5)
LCH
lch(21,17,197)
sRGB
(0.012,0.224,0.227)
HEX8
#03393aff
CSS Name
Decimal
003057058

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Color info

Lightness
12%
Saturation
90%
Hue
181°
Chroma
17
Temperature
WarmCool
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