When the Equable Border Since Spreading

#279188 RGB(39,145,136)

About this color

When the Equable Border Since Spreading is rendered by screens as RGB(39, 145, 136) — a medium-dark, vivid cyan hue.

#279188RGB(39, 145, 136)

HSL 175° · 58% 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
When the Equable Border Since Spreading
HEX
#279188
RGB
rgb(39,145,136)
RGB%
rgb(15.3%,56.9%,53.3%)
HSL
hsl(175,58%,36%)
HSV
hsv(175,73%,57%)
CMYK
cmyk(73,0,6,43)
LAB
lab(55,-31,-4)
LCH
lch(55,31,187)
sRGB
(0.153,0.569,0.533)
HEX8
#279188ff
CSS Name
Decimal
039145136

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Color info

Lightness
36%
Saturation
58%
Hue
175°
Chroma
31
Temperature
WarmCool
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