The Distant Bay before Stirring

#1c98ab RGB(28,152,171)

About this color

The Distant Bay before Stirring is a vivid, medium-dark cyan tone, fixed at #1c98ab in the RGB color space.

#1c98abRGB(28, 152, 171)

HSL 188° · 72% saturation · 39% lightness

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Psychology

In deeper registers cyan reads as focused and efficient — a colour of systems and clarity.

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History

Cyan as a printing ink became central to modern colour reproduction — the C in CMYK — because its complement to red allows the full printable colour range.

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Design use

As a dark tone, it naturally lends itself to 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

For palette building, cyan complements warm reds and red-oranges — a palette of technological energy. For calmer use, pair with white, light grey, and the lightest tints of the same hue.

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Color formats

Name
The Distant Bay before Stirring
HEX
#1c98ab
RGB
rgb(28,152,171)
RGB%
rgb(11%,59.6%,67.1%)
HSL
hsl(188,72%,39%)
HSV
hsv(188,84%,67%)
CMYK
cmyk(84,11,0,33)
LAB
lab(58,-25,-19)
LCH
lch(58,31,217)
sRGB
(0.11,0.596,0.671)
HEX8
#1c98abff
CSS Name
Decimal
028152171

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Color info

Lightness
39%
Saturation
72%
Hue
188°
Chroma
31
Temperature
WarmCool
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