Dusky Boulder by the Searing

#17766a RGB(23,118,106)

About this color

Dusky Boulder by the Searing presents itself as a dark, vivid cyan shade, sitting at #17766a in the 24-bit RGB space.

#17766aRGB(23, 118, 106)

HSL 172° · 67% saturation · 28% 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
Dusky Boulder by the Searing
HEX
#17766a
RGB
rgb(23,118,106)
RGB%
rgb(9%,46.3%,41.6%)
HSL
hsl(172,67%,28%)
HSV
hsv(172,81%,46%)
CMYK
cmyk(81,0,10,54)
LAB
lab(44,-29,-1)
LCH
lch(44,29,182)
sRGB
(0.09,0.463,0.416)
HEX8
#17766aff
CSS Name
Decimal
023118106

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Color info

Lightness
28%
Saturation
67%
Hue
172°
Chroma
29
Temperature
WarmCool
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