Smoldering Boulder between Shrouding

#185256 RGB(24,82,86)

About this color

Smoldering Boulder between Shrouding occupies the dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #185256 — RGB(24, 82, 86).

#185256RGB(24, 82, 86)

HSL 184° · 56% saturation · 22% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
Smoldering Boulder between Shrouding
HEX
#185256
RGB
rgb(24,82,86)
RGB%
rgb(9.4%,32.2%,33.7%)
HSL
hsl(184,56%,22%)
HSV
hsv(184,72%,34%)
CMYK
cmyk(72,5,0,66)
LAB
lab(32,-17,-8)
LCH
lch(32,19,205)
sRGB
(0.094,0.322,0.337)
HEX8
#185256ff
CSS Name
Decimal
024082086

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Color info

Lightness
22%
Saturation
56%
Hue
184°
Chroma
19
Temperature
WarmCool
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