Spectral Carbon between Dwindling

#286f6c RGB(40,111,108)

About this color

Spectral Carbon between Dwindling is rendered by screens as RGB(40, 111, 108) — a dark, moderate cyan hue.

#286f6cRGB(40, 111, 108)

HSL 177° · 47% saturation · 30% 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
Spectral Carbon between Dwindling
HEX
#286f6c
RGB
rgb(40,111,108)
RGB%
rgb(15.7%,43.5%,42.4%)
HSL
hsl(177,47%,30%)
HSV
hsv(177,64%,44%)
CMYK
cmyk(64,0,3,56)
LAB
lab(43,-23,-5)
LCH
lch(43,24,192)
sRGB
(0.157,0.435,0.424)
HEX8
#286f6cff
CSS Name
Decimal
040111108

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Color info

Lightness
30%
Saturation
47%
Hue
177°
Chroma
24
Temperature
WarmCool
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