What Sinister Basalt by Staining

#103c34 RGB(16,60,52)

About this color

What Sinister Basalt by Staining occupies the dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #103c34 — RGB(16, 60, 52).

#103c34RGB(16, 60, 52)

HSL 169° · 58% saturation · 15% 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
What Sinister Basalt by Staining
HEX
#103c34
RGB
rgb(16,60,52)
RGB%
rgb(6.3%,23.5%,20.4%)
HSL
hsl(169,58%,15%)
HSV
hsv(169,73%,24%)
CMYK
cmyk(73,0,13,76)
LAB
lab(22,-17,1)
LCH
lch(22,17,177)
sRGB
(0.063,0.235,0.204)
HEX8
#103c34ff
CSS Name
Decimal
016060052

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Color info

Lightness
15%
Saturation
58%
Hue
169°
Chroma
17
Temperature
WarmCool
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