The Basin circa Lingering Earning

#169fa2 RGB(22,159,162)

About this color

The Basin circa Lingering Earning is rendered by screens as RGB(22, 159, 162) — a medium-dark, intense cyan hue.

#169fa2RGB(22, 159, 162)

HSL 181° · 76% saturation · 36% 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 Basin circa Lingering Earning
HEX
#169fa2
RGB
rgb(22,159,162)
RGB%
rgb(8.6%,62.4%,63.5%)
HSL
hsl(181,76%,36%)
HSV
hsv(181,86%,64%)
CMYK
cmyk(86,2,0,36)
LAB
lab(60,-32,-11)
LCH
lch(60,34,199)
sRGB
(0.086,0.624,0.635)
HEX8
#169fa2ff
CSS Name
Decimal
022159162

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Color info

Lightness
36%
Saturation
76%
Hue
181°
Chroma
34
Temperature
WarmCool
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