Moderate Basin between the Setting

#228e91 RGB(34,142,145)

About this color

Moderate Basin between the Setting occupies the medium-dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #228e91 — RGB(34, 142, 145).

#228e91RGB(34, 142, 145)

HSL 182° · 62% saturation · 35% 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
Moderate Basin between the Setting
HEX
#228e91
RGB
rgb(34,142,145)
RGB%
rgb(13.3%,55.7%,56.9%)
HSL
hsl(182,62%,35%)
HSV
hsv(182,77%,57%)
CMYK
cmyk(77,2,0,43)
LAB
lab(54,-28,-10)
LCH
lch(54,30,200)
sRGB
(0.133,0.557,0.569)
HEX8
#228e91ff
CSS Name
Decimal
034142145

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Color info

Lightness
35%
Saturation
62%
Hue
182°
Chroma
30
Temperature
WarmCool
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