When Tarnished Basalt alongside Stagnating

#185e6e RGB(24,94,110)

About this color

When Tarnished Basalt alongside Stagnating occupies the dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #185e6e — RGB(24, 94, 110).

#185e6eRGB(24, 94, 110)

HSL 191° · 64% saturation · 26% 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
When Tarnished Basalt alongside Stagnating
HEX
#185e6e
RGB
rgb(24,94,110)
RGB%
rgb(9.4%,36.9%,43.1%)
HSL
hsl(191,64%,26%)
HSV
hsv(191,78%,43%)
CMYK
cmyk(78,15,0,57)
LAB
lab(37,-15,-15)
LCH
lch(37,21,225)
sRGB
(0.094,0.369,0.431)
HEX8
#185e6eff
CSS Name
Decimal
024094110

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Color info

Lightness
26%
Saturation
64%
Hue
191°
Chroma
21
Temperature
WarmCool
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