Desolate Cairn until Blackening

#16363c RGB(22,54,60)

About this color

Desolate Cairn until Blackening is rendered by screens as RGB(22, 54, 60) — a dark, moderate cyan hue.

#16363cRGB(22, 54, 60)

HSL 189° · 46% saturation · 16% 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
Desolate Cairn until Blackening
HEX
#16363c
RGB
rgb(22,54,60)
RGB%
rgb(8.6%,21.2%,23.5%)
HSL
hsl(189,46%,16%)
HSV
hsv(189,63%,24%)
CMYK
cmyk(63,10,0,76)
LAB
lab(21,-10,-7)
LCH
lch(21,12,215)
sRGB
(0.086,0.212,0.235)
HEX8
#16363cff
CSS Name
Decimal
022054060

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Color info

Lightness
16%
Saturation
46%
Hue
189°
Chroma
12
Temperature
WarmCool
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