The Balanced Basin on Drawing

#20a17b RGB(32,161,123)

About this color

The Balanced Basin on Drawing is rendered by screens as RGB(32, 161, 123) — a medium-dark, vivid cyan hue.

#20a17bRGB(32, 161, 123)

HSL 162° · 67% saturation · 38% 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
The Balanced Basin on Drawing
HEX
#20a17b
RGB
rgb(32,161,123)
RGB%
rgb(12.5%,63.1%,48.2%)
HSL
hsl(162,67%,38%)
HSV
hsv(162,80%,63%)
CMYK
cmyk(80,0,24,37)
LAB
lab(59,-43,10)
LCH
lch(59,44,167)
sRGB
(0.125,0.631,0.482)
HEX8
#20a17bff
CSS Name
Decimal
032161123

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Color info

Lightness
38%
Saturation
67%
Hue
162°
Chroma
44
Temperature
WarmCool
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