Desolate Bedrock across the Plunging

#059381 RGB(5,147,129)

About this color

Desolate Bedrock across the Plunging carries its coordinates at #059381: a dark cyan with intense saturation.

#059381RGB(5, 147, 129)

HSL 172° · 93% saturation · 30% lightness

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Psychology

In deeper registers cyan reads as focused and efficient — a colour of systems and clarity.

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History

Cyan as a printing ink became central to modern colour reproduction — the C in CMYK — because its complement to red allows the full printable colour range.

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Design use

As a dark tone, it naturally lends itself to 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

For palette building, cyan complements warm reds and red-oranges — a palette of technological energy. For calmer use, pair with white, light grey, and the lightest tints of the same hue.

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Color formats

Name
Desolate Bedrock across the Plunging
HEX
#059381
RGB
rgb(5,147,129)
RGB%
rgb(2%,57.6%,50.6%)
HSL
hsl(172,93%,30%)
HSV
hsv(172,97%,58%)
CMYK
cmyk(97,0,12,42)
LAB
lab(55,-37,0)
LCH
lch(55,37,180)
sRGB
(0.02,0.576,0.506)
HEX8
#059381ff
CSS Name
Decimal
005147129

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Color info

Lightness
30%
Saturation
93%
Hue
172°
Chroma
37
Temperature
WarmCool
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