The Old-fashioned Bluff out Sounding

#28677b RGB(40,103,123)

About this color

The Old-fashioned Bluff out Sounding is rendered by screens as RGB(40, 103, 123) — a dark, vivid cyan hue.

#28677bRGB(40, 103, 123)

HSL 194° · 51% saturation · 32% 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 primary background in dark themes, a strong border or divider, or a headline colour against a light surface. Combine with lighter tints of the same hue for a cohesive palette.

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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
The Old-fashioned Bluff out Sounding
HEX
#28677b
RGB
rgb(40,103,123)
RGB%
rgb(15.7%,40.4%,48.2%)
HSL
hsl(194,51%,32%)
HSV
hsv(194,67%,48%)
CMYK
cmyk(67,16,0,52)
LAB
lab(41,-13,-17)
LCH
lch(41,21,233)
sRGB
(0.157,0.404,0.482)
HEX8
#28677bff
CSS Name
Decimal
040103123

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Color info

Lightness
32%
Saturation
51%
Hue
194°
Chroma
21
Temperature
WarmCool
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