The Brine off Shadowy Wailing

#164552 RGB(22,69,82)

About this color

The Brine off Shadowy Wailing occupies the dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #164552 — RGB(22, 69, 82).

#164552RGB(22, 69, 82)

HSL 193° · 58% saturation · 20% 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
The Brine off Shadowy Wailing
HEX
#164552
RGB
rgb(22,69,82)
RGB%
rgb(8.6%,27.1%,32.2%)
HSL
hsl(193,58%,20%)
HSV
hsv(193,73%,32%)
CMYK
cmyk(73,16,0,68)
LAB
lab(27,-11,-12)
LCH
lch(27,16,227)
sRGB
(0.086,0.271,0.322)
HEX8
#164552ff
CSS Name
Decimal
022069082

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Color info

Lightness
20%
Saturation
58%
Hue
193°
Chroma
16
Temperature
WarmCool
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