What Aged Bedrock with Extinguishing

#145564 RGB(20,85,100)

About this color

What Aged Bedrock with Extinguishing settles into a dark cyan territory with a vivid quality that feels cool — captured at #145564, RGB(20, 85, 100).

#145564RGB(20, 85, 100)

HSL 191° · 67% saturation · 24% 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

From a design perspective, this shade excels as 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

Looking at colour relationships, 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
What Aged Bedrock with Extinguishing
HEX
#145564
RGB
rgb(20,85,100)
RGB%
rgb(7.8%,33.3%,39.2%)
HSL
hsl(191,67%,24%)
HSV
hsv(191,80%,39%)
CMYK
cmyk(80,15,0,61)
LAB
lab(33,-14,-14)
LCH
lch(33,20,225)
sRGB
(0.078,0.333,0.392)
HEX8
#145564ff
CSS Name
Decimal
020085100

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Color info

Lightness
24%
Saturation
67%
Hue
191°
Chroma
20
Temperature
WarmCool
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