When Matronly Arch beside Grading

#149483 RGB(20,148,131)

About this color

When Matronly Arch beside Grading is a intense, dark cyan tone, fixed at #149483 in the RGB color space.

#149483RGB(20, 148, 131)

HSL 172° · 76% saturation · 33% 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
When Matronly Arch beside Grading
HEX
#149483
RGB
rgb(20,148,131)
RGB%
rgb(7.8%,58%,51.4%)
HSL
hsl(172,76%,33%)
HSV
hsv(172,86%,58%)
CMYK
cmyk(86,0,11,42)
LAB
lab(55,-36,0)
LCH
lch(55,36,180)
sRGB
(0.078,0.58,0.514)
HEX8
#149483ff
CSS Name
Decimal
020148131

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Color info

Lightness
33%
Saturation
76%
Hue
172°
Chroma
36
Temperature
WarmCool
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