The Methodical Bay up Climbing

#138b90 RGB(19,139,144)

About this color

The Methodical Bay up Climbing carries its coordinates at #138b90: a dark cyan with intense saturation.

#138b90RGB(19, 139, 144)

HSL 182° · 77% saturation · 32% lightness

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Psychology

In deeper registers cyan reads as focused and efficient — a colour of systems and clarity.

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History

Cyan as a printing ink became central to modern colour reproduction — the C in CMYK — because its complement to red allows the full printable colour range.

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Design use

As a dark tone, it naturally lends itself to 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

For palette building, cyan complements warm reds and red-oranges — a palette of technological energy. For calmer use, pair with white, light grey, and the lightest tints of the same hue.

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Color formats

Name
The Methodical Bay up Climbing
HEX
#138b90
RGB
rgb(19,139,144)
RGB%
rgb(7.5%,54.5%,56.5%)
HSL
hsl(182,77%,32%)
HSV
hsv(182,87%,56%)
CMYK
cmyk(87,3,0,44)
LAB
lab(53,-28,-11)
LCH
lch(53,30,201)
sRGB
(0.075,0.545,0.565)
HEX8
#138b90ff
CSS Name
Decimal
019139144

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Color info

Lightness
32%
Saturation
77%
Hue
182°
Chroma
30
Temperature
WarmCool
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