When Thoughtful Canyon from Joining

#14ad9e RGB(20,173,158)

About this color

When Thoughtful Canyon from Joining is rendered by screens as RGB(20, 173, 158) — a medium-dark, intense cyan hue.

#14ad9eRGB(20, 173, 158)

HSL 174° · 79% saturation · 38% 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 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

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
When Thoughtful Canyon from Joining
HEX
#14ad9e
RGB
rgb(20,173,158)
RGB%
rgb(7.8%,67.8%,62%)
HSL
hsl(174,79%,38%)
HSV
hsv(174,88%,68%)
CMYK
cmyk(88,0,9,32)
LAB
lab(64,-40,-3)
LCH
lch(64,40,184)
sRGB
(0.078,0.678,0.62)
HEX8
#14ad9eff
CSS Name
Decimal
020173158

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Color info

Lightness
38%
Saturation
79%
Hue
174°
Chroma
40
Temperature
WarmCool
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