The Dour Bedrock without Festering

#0c493b RGB(12,73,59)

About this color

The Dour Bedrock without Festering occupies the dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #0c493b — RGB(12, 73, 59).

#0c493bRGB(12, 73, 59)

HSL 166° · 72% saturation · 17% 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 Dour Bedrock without Festering
HEX
#0c493b
RGB
rgb(12,73,59)
RGB%
rgb(4.7%,28.6%,23.1%)
HSL
hsl(166,72%,17%)
HSV
hsv(166,84%,29%)
CMYK
cmyk(84,0,19,71)
LAB
lab(27,-23,3)
LCH
lch(27,23,173)
sRGB
(0.047,0.286,0.231)
HEX8
#0c493bff
CSS Name
Decimal
012073059

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Color info

Lightness
17%
Saturation
72%
Hue
166°
Chroma
23
Temperature
WarmCool
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