What Forgotten Ash alongside Dreading

#165864 RGB(22,88,100)

About this color

What Forgotten Ash alongside Dreading occupies the dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #165864 — RGB(22, 88, 100).

#165864RGB(22, 88, 100)

HSL 189° · 64% saturation · 24% 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
What Forgotten Ash alongside Dreading
HEX
#165864
RGB
rgb(22,88,100)
RGB%
rgb(8.6%,34.5%,39.2%)
HSL
hsl(189,64%,24%)
HSV
hsv(189,78%,39%)
CMYK
cmyk(78,12,0,61)
LAB
lab(34,-16,-13)
LCH
lch(34,21,219)
sRGB
(0.086,0.345,0.392)
HEX8
#165864ff
CSS Name
Decimal
022088100

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Color info

Lightness
24%
Saturation
64%
Hue
189°
Chroma
21
Temperature
WarmCool
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