When Mossbacked Canyon beyond Bridging

#15728e RGB(21,114,142)

About this color

When Mossbacked Canyon beyond Bridging is a vivid, dark cyan tone, fixed at #15728e in the RGB color space.

#15728eRGB(21, 114, 142)

HSL 194° · 74% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
When Mossbacked Canyon beyond Bridging
HEX
#15728e
RGB
rgb(21,114,142)
RGB%
rgb(8.2%,44.7%,55.7%)
HSL
hsl(194,74%,32%)
HSV
hsv(194,85%,56%)
CMYK
cmyk(85,20,0,44)
LAB
lab(44,-15,-23)
LCH
lch(44,27,237)
sRGB
(0.082,0.447,0.557)
HEX8
#15728eff
CSS Name
Decimal
021114142

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Color info

Lightness
32%
Saturation
74%
Hue
194°
Chroma
27
Temperature
WarmCool
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