When Hardy Basin beyond Crossing

#1c918e RGB(28,145,142)

About this color

When Hardy Basin beyond Crossing occupies the dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #1c918e — RGB(28, 145, 142).

#1c918eRGB(28, 145, 142)

HSL 178° · 68% saturation · 34% 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
When Hardy Basin beyond Crossing
HEX
#1c918e
RGB
rgb(28,145,142)
RGB%
rgb(11%,56.9%,55.7%)
HSL
hsl(178,68%,34%)
HSV
hsv(178,81%,57%)
CMYK
cmyk(81,0,2,43)
LAB
lab(55,-31,-7)
LCH
lch(55,32,193)
sRGB
(0.11,0.569,0.557)
HEX8
#1c918eff
CSS Name
Decimal
028145142

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Color info

Lightness
34%
Saturation
68%
Hue
178°
Chroma
32
Temperature
WarmCool
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