Old-fashioned Bluff underneath Damming

#0bada6 RGB(11,173,166)

About this color

Old-fashioned Bluff underneath Damming occupies the medium-dark, intense end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #0bada6 — RGB(11, 173, 166).

#0bada6RGB(11, 173, 166)

HSL 177° · 88% saturation · 36% 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
Old-fashioned Bluff underneath Damming
HEX
#0bada6
RGB
rgb(11,173,166)
RGB%
rgb(4.3%,67.8%,65.1%)
HSL
hsl(177,88%,36%)
HSV
hsv(177,94%,68%)
CMYK
cmyk(94,0,4,32)
LAB
lab(64,-38,-7)
LCH
lch(64,39,190)
sRGB
(0.043,0.678,0.651)
HEX8
#0bada6ff
CSS Name
Decimal
011173166

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Color info

Lightness
36%
Saturation
88%
Hue
177°
Chroma
39
Temperature
WarmCool
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