Ruined Ash upon Breaking

#104f56 RGB(16,79,86)

About this color

Ruined Ash upon Breaking occupies the dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #104f56 — RGB(16, 79, 86).

#104f56RGB(16, 79, 86)

HSL 186° · 69% saturation · 20% 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
Ruined Ash upon Breaking
HEX
#104f56
RGB
rgb(16,79,86)
RGB%
rgb(6.3%,31%,33.7%)
HSL
hsl(186,69%,20%)
HSV
hsv(186,81%,34%)
CMYK
cmyk(81,8,0,66)
LAB
lab(30,-16,-10)
LCH
lch(30,19,212)
sRGB
(0.063,0.31,0.337)
HEX8
#104f56ff
CSS Name
Decimal
016079086

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Color info

Lightness
20%
Saturation
69%
Hue
186°
Chroma
19
Temperature
WarmCool
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