Decayed Carbon before the Forsaking

#196461 RGB(25,100,97)

About this color

Decayed Carbon before the Forsaking is rendered by screens as RGB(25, 100, 97) — a dark, vivid cyan hue.

#196461RGB(25, 100, 97)

HSL 178° · 60% saturation · 25% 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
Decayed Carbon before the Forsaking
HEX
#196461
RGB
rgb(25,100,97)
RGB%
rgb(9.8%,39.2%,38%)
HSL
hsl(178,60%,25%)
HSV
hsv(178,75%,39%)
CMYK
cmyk(75,0,3,61)
LAB
lab(38,-23,-5)
LCH
lch(38,24,192)
sRGB
(0.098,0.392,0.38)
HEX8
#196461ff
CSS Name
Decimal
025100097

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Color info

Lightness
25%
Saturation
60%
Hue
178°
Chroma
24
Temperature
WarmCool
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