The Arch without Honest Toiling

#0bb3bd RGB(11,179,189)

About this color

The Arch without Honest Toiling occupies the medium-dark, intense end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #0bb3bd — RGB(11, 179, 189).

#0bb3bdRGB(11, 179, 189)

HSL 183° · 89% saturation · 39% 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 Arch without Honest Toiling
HEX
#0bb3bd
RGB
rgb(11,179,189)
RGB%
rgb(4.3%,70.2%,74.1%)
HSL
hsl(183,89%,39%)
HSV
hsv(183,94%,74%)
CMYK
cmyk(94,5,0,26)
LAB
lab(67,-33,-16)
LCH
lch(67,37,206)
sRGB
(0.043,0.702,0.741)
HEX8
#0bb3bdff
CSS Name
Decimal
011179189

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Color info

Lightness
39%
Saturation
89%
Hue
183°
Chroma
37
Temperature
WarmCool
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