When Bleakest Cave upon Quelling

#10412e RGB(16,65,46)

About this color

When Bleakest Cave upon Quelling is rendered by screens as RGB(16, 65, 46) — a dark, vivid cyan hue.

#10412eRGB(16, 65, 46)

HSL 157° · 60% saturation · 16% 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
When Bleakest Cave upon Quelling
HEX
#10412e
RGB
rgb(16,65,46)
RGB%
rgb(6.3%,25.5%,18%)
HSL
hsl(157,60%,16%)
HSV
hsv(157,75%,25%)
CMYK
cmyk(75,0,29,75)
LAB
lab(24,-22,7)
LCH
lch(24,23,162)
sRGB
(0.063,0.255,0.18)
HEX8
#10412eff
CSS Name
Decimal
016065046

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Color info

Lightness
16%
Saturation
60%
Hue
157°
Chroma
23
Temperature
WarmCool
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