The Mired Cairn outside Suffocating

#174a3b RGB(23,74,59)

About this color

The Mired Cairn outside Suffocating reads as dark and vivid — a cyan tone recorded at #174a3b, RGB(23, 74, 59).

#174a3bRGB(23, 74, 59)

HSL 162° · 53% saturation · 19% 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

In practical terms, a dark cyan like this works well 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

In terms of colour combinations, 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 Mired Cairn outside Suffocating
HEX
#174a3b
RGB
rgb(23,74,59)
RGB%
rgb(9%,29%,23.1%)
HSL
hsl(162,53%,19%)
HSV
hsv(162,69%,29%)
CMYK
cmyk(69,0,20,71)
LAB
lab(28,-21,4)
LCH
lch(28,21,169)
sRGB
(0.09,0.29,0.231)
HEX8
#174a3bff
CSS Name
Decimal
023074059

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Color info

Lightness
19%
Saturation
53%
Hue
162°
Chroma
21
Temperature
WarmCool
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