The Cairn along Bare Aching

#11644d RGB(17,100,77)

About this color

The Cairn along Bare Aching is rendered by screens as RGB(17, 100, 77) — a dark, vivid cyan hue.

#11644dRGB(17, 100, 77)

HSL 163° · 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 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 Cairn along Bare Aching
HEX
#11644d
RGB
rgb(17,100,77)
RGB%
rgb(6.7%,39.2%,30.2%)
HSL
hsl(163,71%,23%)
HSV
hsv(163,83%,39%)
CMYK
cmyk(83,0,23,61)
LAB
lab(37,-30,6)
LCH
lch(37,31,169)
sRGB
(0.067,0.392,0.302)
HEX8
#11644dff
CSS Name
Decimal
017100077

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Color info

Lightness
23%
Saturation
71%
Hue
163°
Chroma
31
Temperature
WarmCool
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