The Ghostly Bedrock until Brooding

#104240 RGB(16,66,64)

About this color

The Ghostly Bedrock until Brooding occupies the dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #104240 — RGB(16, 66, 64).

#104240RGB(16, 66, 64)

HSL 178° · 61% 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 primary background in dark themes, a strong border or divider, or a headline colour against a light surface. Combine with lighter tints of the same hue for a cohesive palette.

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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 Ghostly Bedrock until Brooding
HEX
#104240
RGB
rgb(16,66,64)
RGB%
rgb(6.3%,25.9%,25.1%)
HSL
hsl(178,61%,16%)
HSV
hsv(178,76%,26%)
CMYK
cmyk(76,0,3,74)
LAB
lab(25,-17,-4)
LCH
lch(25,17,193)
sRGB
(0.063,0.259,0.251)
HEX8
#104240ff
CSS Name
Decimal
016066064

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Color info

Lightness
16%
Saturation
61%
Hue
178°
Chroma
17
Temperature
WarmCool
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