What Lamenting Basalt through Hounding

#116264 RGB(17,98,100)

About this color

What Lamenting Basalt through Hounding occupies the dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #116264 — RGB(17, 98, 100).

#116264RGB(17, 98, 100)

HSL 181° · 71% saturation · 23% 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
What Lamenting Basalt through Hounding
HEX
#116264
RGB
rgb(17,98,100)
RGB%
rgb(6.7%,38.4%,39.2%)
HSL
hsl(181,71%,23%)
HSV
hsv(181,83%,39%)
CMYK
cmyk(83,2,0,61)
LAB
lab(37,-22,-8)
LCH
lch(37,23,200)
sRGB
(0.067,0.384,0.392)
HEX8
#116264ff
CSS Name
Decimal
017098100

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Color info

Lightness
23%
Saturation
71%
Hue
181°
Chroma
23
Temperature
WarmCool
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