The Sunless Bedrock from Stalling

#174f40 RGB(23,79,64)

About this color

The Sunless Bedrock from Stalling is rendered by screens as RGB(23, 79, 64) — a dark, vivid cyan hue.

#174f40RGB(23, 79, 64)

HSL 164° · 55% saturation · 20% 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 Sunless Bedrock from Stalling
HEX
#174f40
RGB
rgb(23,79,64)
RGB%
rgb(9%,31%,25.1%)
HSL
hsl(164,55%,20%)
HSV
hsv(164,71%,31%)
CMYK
cmyk(71,0,19,69)
LAB
lab(30,-22,4)
LCH
lch(30,22,170)
sRGB
(0.09,0.31,0.251)
HEX8
#174f40ff
CSS Name
Decimal
023079064

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Color info

Lightness
20%
Saturation
55%
Hue
164°
Chroma
22
Temperature
WarmCool
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