Hardy Basin Inside Turning

#0eae8c RGB(14,174,140)

About this color

Hardy Basin Inside Turning is a intense, medium-dark cyan tone, fixed at #0eae8c in the RGB color space.

#0eae8cRGB(14, 174, 140)

HSL 167° · 85% saturation · 37% lightness

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Psychology

In deeper registers cyan reads as focused and efficient — a colour of systems and clarity.

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History

Cyan as a printing ink became central to modern colour reproduction — the C in CMYK — because its complement to red allows the full printable colour range.

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Design use

As a dark tone, it naturally lends itself to 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

For palette building, cyan complements warm reds and red-oranges — a palette of technological energy. For calmer use, pair with white, light grey, and the lightest tints of the same hue.

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Color formats

Name
Hardy Basin Inside Turning
HEX
#0eae8c
RGB
rgb(14,174,140)
RGB%
rgb(5.5%,68.2%,54.9%)
HSL
hsl(167,85%,37%)
HSV
hsv(167,92%,68%)
CMYK
cmyk(92,0,20,32)
LAB
lab(64,-45,7)
LCH
lch(64,46,171)
sRGB
(0.055,0.682,0.549)
HEX8
#0eae8cff
CSS Name
Decimal
014174140

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Color info

Lightness
37%
Saturation
85%
Hue
167°
Chroma
46
Temperature
WarmCool
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