Starless Cairn alongside Howling

#255d46 RGB(37,93,70)

About this color

Starless Cairn alongside Howling is rendered by screens as RGB(37, 93, 70) — a dark, moderate cyan hue.

#255d46RGB(37, 93, 70)

HSL 155° · 43% saturation · 25% 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
Starless Cairn alongside Howling
HEX
#255d46
RGB
rgb(37,93,70)
RGB%
rgb(14.5%,36.5%,27.5%)
HSL
hsl(155,43%,25%)
HSV
hsv(155,60%,36%)
CMYK
cmyk(60,0,25,64)
LAB
lab(35,-25,8)
LCH
lch(35,26,162)
sRGB
(0.145,0.365,0.275)
HEX8
#255d46ff
CSS Name
Decimal
037093070

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Color info

Lightness
25%
Saturation
43%
Hue
155°
Chroma
26
Temperature
WarmCool
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