Plunging Boulder in Stagnating

#05707c RGB(5,112,124)

About this color

Plunging Boulder in Stagnating occupies the dark, intense end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #05707c — RGB(5, 112, 124).

#05707cRGB(5, 112, 124)

HSL 186° · 92% saturation · 25% 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
Plunging Boulder in Stagnating
HEX
#05707c
RGB
rgb(5,112,124)
RGB%
rgb(2%,43.9%,48.6%)
HSL
hsl(186,92%,25%)
HSV
hsv(186,96%,49%)
CMYK
cmyk(96,10,0,51)
LAB
lab(43,-22,-14)
LCH
lch(43,26,212)
sRGB
(0.02,0.439,0.486)
HEX8
#05707cff
CSS Name
Decimal
005112124

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Color info

Lightness
25%
Saturation
92%
Hue
186°
Chroma
26
Temperature
WarmCool
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