When Derelict Carbon upon Mourning

#11504e RGB(17,80,78)

About this color

When Derelict Carbon upon Mourning occupies the dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #11504e — RGB(17, 80, 78).

#11504eRGB(17, 80, 78)

HSL 178° · 65% saturation · 19% 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 Derelict Carbon upon Mourning
HEX
#11504e
RGB
rgb(17,80,78)
RGB%
rgb(6.7%,31.4%,30.6%)
HSL
hsl(178,65%,19%)
HSV
hsv(178,79%,31%)
CMYK
cmyk(79,0,2,69)
LAB
lab(30,-20,-4)
LCH
lch(30,20,191)
sRGB
(0.067,0.314,0.306)
HEX8
#11504eff
CSS Name
Decimal
017080078

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Color info

Lightness
19%
Saturation
65%
Hue
178°
Chroma
20
Temperature
WarmCool
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