What Aged Carbon until Disintegrating

#186274 RGB(24,98,116)

About this color

What Aged Carbon until Disintegrating occupies the dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #186274 — RGB(24, 98, 116).

#186274RGB(24, 98, 116)

HSL 192° · 66% saturation · 27% 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
What Aged Carbon until Disintegrating
HEX
#186274
RGB
rgb(24,98,116)
RGB%
rgb(9.4%,38.4%,45.5%)
HSL
hsl(192,66%,27%)
HSV
hsv(192,79%,45%)
CMYK
cmyk(79,16,0,55)
LAB
lab(38,-15,-16)
LCH
lch(38,22,227)
sRGB
(0.094,0.384,0.455)
HEX8
#186274ff
CSS Name
Decimal
024098116

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Color info

Lightness
27%
Saturation
66%
Hue
192°
Chroma
22
Temperature
WarmCool
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