The Muted Carbon alongside Eroding

#06494b RGB(6,73,75)

About this color

The Muted Carbon alongside Eroding is rendered by screens as RGB(6, 73, 75) — a dark, intense cyan hue.

#06494bRGB(6, 73, 75)

HSL 182° · 85% saturation · 16% 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
The Muted Carbon alongside Eroding
HEX
#06494b
RGB
rgb(6,73,75)
RGB%
rgb(2.4%,28.6%,29.4%)
HSL
hsl(182,85%,16%)
HSV
hsv(182,92%,29%)
CMYK
cmyk(92,3,0,71)
LAB
lab(28,-18,-7)
LCH
lch(28,19,201)
sRGB
(0.024,0.286,0.294)
HEX8
#06494bff
CSS Name
Decimal
006073075

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Color info

Lightness
16%
Saturation
85%
Hue
182°
Chroma
19
Temperature
WarmCool
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