The Bluff for Olive Arching

#16898d RGB(22,137,141)

About this color

The Bluff for Olive Arching occupies the dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #16898d — RGB(22, 137, 141).

#16898dRGB(22, 137, 141)

HSL 182° · 73% saturation · 32% 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 Bluff for Olive Arching
HEX
#16898d
RGB
rgb(22,137,141)
RGB%
rgb(8.6%,53.7%,55.3%)
HSL
hsl(182,73%,32%)
HSV
hsv(182,84%,55%)
CMYK
cmyk(84,3,0,45)
LAB
lab(52,-28,-11)
LCH
lch(52,30,201)
sRGB
(0.086,0.537,0.553)
HEX8
#16898dff
CSS Name
Decimal
022137141

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Color info

Lightness
32%
Saturation
73%
Hue
182°
Chroma
30
Temperature
WarmCool
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