The Boulder within Eroded Starving

#116d4d RGB(17,109,77)

About this color

The Boulder within Eroded Starving is rendered by screens as RGB(17, 109, 77) — a dark, vivid cyan hue.

#116d4dRGB(17, 109, 77)

HSL 159° · 73% saturation · 25% 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 Boulder within Eroded Starving
HEX
#116d4d
RGB
rgb(17,109,77)
RGB%
rgb(6.7%,42.7%,30.2%)
HSL
hsl(159,73%,25%)
HSV
hsv(159,84%,43%)
CMYK
cmyk(84,0,29,57)
LAB
lab(41,-34,11)
LCH
lch(41,36,162)
sRGB
(0.067,0.427,0.302)
HEX8
#116d4dff
CSS Name
Decimal
017109077

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Color info

Lightness
25%
Saturation
73%
Hue
159°
Chroma
36
Temperature
WarmCool
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