The Brooding Cairn by Grieving

#115a4b RGB(17,90,75)

About this color

The Brooding Cairn by Grieving is rendered by screens as RGB(17, 90, 75) — a dark, vivid cyan hue.

#115a4bRGB(17, 90, 75)

HSL 168° · 68% saturation · 21% 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 Brooding Cairn by Grieving
HEX
#115a4b
RGB
rgb(17,90,75)
RGB%
rgb(6.7%,35.3%,29.4%)
HSL
hsl(168,68%,21%)
HSV
hsv(168,81%,35%)
CMYK
cmyk(81,0,17,65)
LAB
lab(34,-26,2)
LCH
lch(34,26,176)
sRGB
(0.067,0.353,0.294)
HEX8
#115a4bff
CSS Name
Decimal
017090075

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Color info

Lightness
21%
Saturation
68%
Hue
168°
Chroma
26
Temperature
WarmCool
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