Unlit Basalt into Defiling

#116756 RGB(17,103,86)

About this color

Unlit Basalt into Defiling is rendered by screens as RGB(17, 103, 86) — a dark, vivid cyan hue.

#116756RGB(17, 103, 86)

HSL 168° · 72% saturation · 24% 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
Unlit Basalt into Defiling
HEX
#116756
RGB
rgb(17,103,86)
RGB%
rgb(6.7%,40.4%,33.7%)
HSL
hsl(168,72%,24%)
HSV
hsv(168,83%,40%)
CMYK
cmyk(83,0,17,60)
LAB
lab(39,-29,3)
LCH
lch(39,29,174)
sRGB
(0.067,0.404,0.337)
HEX8
#116756ff
CSS Name
Decimal
017103086

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Color info

Lightness
24%
Saturation
72%
Hue
168°
Chroma
29
Temperature
WarmCool
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