What the Basalt from Benighted Defiling

#126d59 RGB(18,109,89)

About this color

What the Basalt from Benighted Defiling is rendered by screens as RGB(18, 109, 89) — a dark, vivid cyan hue.

#126d59RGB(18, 109, 89)

HSL 167° · 72% 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 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
What the Basalt from Benighted Defiling
HEX
#126d59
RGB
rgb(18,109,89)
RGB%
rgb(7.1%,42.7%,34.9%)
HSL
hsl(167,72%,25%)
HSV
hsv(167,83%,43%)
CMYK
cmyk(83,0,18,57)
LAB
lab(41,-30,4)
LCH
lch(41,30,172)
sRGB
(0.071,0.427,0.349)
HEX8
#126d59ff
CSS Name
Decimal
018109089

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Color info

Lightness
25%
Saturation
72%
Hue
167°
Chroma
30
Temperature
WarmCool
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