When Plain Basin on Abiding

#118d83 RGB(17,141,131)

About this color

When Plain Basin on Abiding is rendered by screens as RGB(17, 141, 131) — a dark, intense cyan hue.

#118d83RGB(17, 141, 131)

HSL 175° · 78% saturation · 31% 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 formats

Name
When Plain Basin on Abiding
HEX
#118d83
RGB
rgb(17,141,131)
RGB%
rgb(6.7%,55.3%,51.4%)
HSL
hsl(175,78%,31%)
HSV
hsv(175,88%,55%)
CMYK
cmyk(88,0,7,45)
LAB
lab(53,-33,-4)
LCH
lch(53,33,187)
sRGB
(0.067,0.553,0.514)
HEX8
#118d83ff
CSS Name
Decimal
017141131

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Color info

Lightness
31%
Saturation
78%
Hue
175°
Chroma
33
Temperature
WarmCool
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