Loyal Canyon upon Sounding

#1c9c7c RGB(28,156,124)

About this color

Loyal Canyon upon Sounding is rendered by screens as RGB(28, 156, 124) — a medium-dark, vivid cyan hue.

#1c9c7cRGB(28, 156, 124)

HSL 165° · 70% saturation · 36% 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
Loyal Canyon upon Sounding
HEX
#1c9c7c
RGB
rgb(28,156,124)
RGB%
rgb(11%,61.2%,48.6%)
HSL
hsl(165,70%,36%)
HSV
hsv(165,82%,61%)
CMYK
cmyk(82,0,21,39)
LAB
lab(58,-41,7)
LCH
lch(58,42,170)
sRGB
(0.11,0.612,0.486)
HEX8
#1c9c7cff
CSS Name
Decimal
028156124

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Color info

Lightness
36%
Saturation
70%
Hue
165°
Chroma
42
Temperature
WarmCool
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