The Temperate Bay from the Knitting

#108a65 RGB(16,138,101)

About this color

The Temperate Bay from the Knitting is rendered by screens as RGB(16, 138, 101) — a dark, intense cyan hue.

#108a65RGB(16, 138, 101)

HSL 162° · 79% saturation · 30% 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 formats

Name
The Temperate Bay from the Knitting
HEX
#108a65
RGB
rgb(16,138,101)
RGB%
rgb(6.3%,54.1%,39.6%)
HSL
hsl(162,79%,30%)
HSV
hsv(162,88%,54%)
CMYK
cmyk(88,0,27,46)
LAB
lab(51,-40,11)
LCH
lch(51,41,165)
sRGB
(0.063,0.541,0.396)
HEX8
#108a65ff
CSS Name
Decimal
016138101

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Color info

Lightness
30%
Saturation
79%
Hue
162°
Chroma
41
Temperature
WarmCool
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