Dire Cairn beneath the Rusting

#123631 RGB(18,54,49)

About this color

Dire Cairn beneath the Rusting is rendered by screens as RGB(18, 54, 49) — a deep, vivid cyan hue.

#123631RGB(18, 54, 49)

HSL 172° · 50% saturation · 14% 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 grounding element in print design — covers, footers, section dividers. On screen it suits dashboards and interfaces where a serious tone matters.

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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
Dire Cairn beneath the Rusting
HEX
#123631
RGB
rgb(18,54,49)
RGB%
rgb(7.1%,21.2%,19.2%)
HSL
hsl(172,50%,14%)
HSV
hsv(172,67%,21%)
CMYK
cmyk(67,0,9,79)
LAB
lab(20,-14,-1)
LCH
lch(20,14,184)
sRGB
(0.071,0.212,0.192)
HEX8
#123631ff
CSS Name
Decimal
018054049

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Color info

Lightness
14%
Saturation
50%
Hue
172°
Chroma
14
Temperature
WarmCool
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