Hellish Ash underneath the Yielding

#164841 RGB(22,72,65)

About this color

Hellish Ash underneath the Yielding occupies the dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #164841 — RGB(22, 72, 65).

#164841RGB(22, 72, 65)

HSL 172° · 53% saturation · 18% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
Hellish Ash underneath the Yielding
HEX
#164841
RGB
rgb(22,72,65)
RGB%
rgb(8.6%,28.2%,25.5%)
HSL
hsl(172,53%,18%)
HSV
hsv(172,69%,28%)
CMYK
cmyk(69,0,10,72)
LAB
lab(27,-19,-1)
LCH
lch(27,19,183)
sRGB
(0.086,0.282,0.255)
HEX8
#164841ff
CSS Name
Decimal
022072065

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Color info

Lightness
18%
Saturation
53%
Hue
172°
Chroma
19
Temperature
WarmCool
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