The Dead Brine before Blistering

#0a5f70 RGB(10,95,112)

About this color

The Dead Brine before Blistering is rendered by screens as RGB(10, 95, 112) — a dark, intense cyan hue.

#0a5f70RGB(10, 95, 112)

HSL 190° · 84% saturation · 24% 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
The Dead Brine before Blistering
HEX
#0a5f70
RGB
rgb(10,95,112)
RGB%
rgb(3.9%,37.3%,43.9%)
HSL
hsl(190,84%,24%)
HSV
hsv(190,91%,44%)
CMYK
cmyk(91,15,0,56)
LAB
lab(37,-17,-16)
LCH
lch(37,23,223)
sRGB
(0.039,0.373,0.439)
HEX8
#0a5f70ff
CSS Name
Decimal
010095112

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Color info

Lightness
24%
Saturation
84%
Hue
190°
Chroma
23
Temperature
WarmCool
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