When the Calm Brook for Tilling

#159898 RGB(21,152,152)

About this color

When the Calm Brook for Tilling is rendered by screens as RGB(21, 152, 152) — a dark, intense cyan hue.

#159898RGB(21, 152, 152)

HSL 180° · 76% saturation · 34% 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 primary background in dark themes, a strong border or divider, or a headline colour against a light surface. Combine with lighter tints of the same hue for a cohesive palette.

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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 the Calm Brook for Tilling
HEX
#159898
RGB
rgb(21,152,152)
RGB%
rgb(8.2%,59.6%,59.6%)
HSL
hsl(180,76%,34%)
HSV
hsv(180,86%,60%)
CMYK
cmyk(86,0,0,40)
LAB
lab(57,-32,-9)
LCH
lch(57,33,196)
sRGB
(0.082,0.596,0.596)
HEX8
#159898ff
CSS Name
Decimal
021152152

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Color info

Lightness
34%
Saturation
76%
Hue
180°
Chroma
33
Temperature
WarmCool
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