Joyless Cave until Deadening

#1c4046 RGB(28,64,70)

About this color

Joyless Cave until Deadening occupies the dark, moderate end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #1c4046 — RGB(28, 64, 70).

#1c4046RGB(28, 64, 70)

HSL 189° · 43% saturation · 19% 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 formats

Name
Joyless Cave until Deadening
HEX
#1c4046
RGB
rgb(28,64,70)
RGB%
rgb(11%,25.1%,27.5%)
HSL
hsl(189,43%,19%)
HSV
hsv(189,60%,27%)
CMYK
cmyk(60,9,0,73)
LAB
lab(25,-11,-8)
LCH
lch(25,14,216)
sRGB
(0.11,0.251,0.275)
HEX8
#1c4046ff
CSS Name
Decimal
028064070

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Color info

Lightness
19%
Saturation
43%
Hue
189°
Chroma
14
Temperature
WarmCool
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