When Hellish Cairn upon Waning

#105b6e RGB(16,91,110)

About this color

When Hellish Cairn upon Waning is rendered by screens as RGB(16, 91, 110) — a dark, intense cyan hue.

#105b6eRGB(16, 91, 110)

HSL 192° · 75% saturation · 25% 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 Hellish Cairn upon Waning
HEX
#105b6e
RGB
rgb(16,91,110)
RGB%
rgb(6.3%,35.7%,43.1%)
HSL
hsl(192,75%,25%)
HSV
hsv(192,85%,43%)
CMYK
cmyk(85,17,0,57)
LAB
lab(35,-14,-17)
LCH
lch(35,22,231)
sRGB
(0.063,0.357,0.431)
HEX8
#105b6eff
CSS Name
Decimal
016091110

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Color info

Lightness
25%
Saturation
75%
Hue
192°
Chroma
22
Temperature
WarmCool
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