The Matronly Bluff before Arching

#286f80 RGB(40,111,128)

About this color

The Matronly Bluff before Arching is rendered by screens as RGB(40, 111, 128) — a dark, vivid cyan hue.

#286f80RGB(40, 111, 128)

HSL 192° · 52% saturation · 33% 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
The Matronly Bluff before Arching
HEX
#286f80
RGB
rgb(40,111,128)
RGB%
rgb(15.7%,43.5%,50.2%)
HSL
hsl(192,52%,33%)
HSV
hsv(192,69%,50%)
CMYK
cmyk(69,13,0,50)
LAB
lab(43,-16,-16)
LCH
lch(43,23,225)
sRGB
(0.157,0.435,0.502)
HEX8
#286f80ff
CSS Name
Decimal
040111128

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Color info

Lightness
33%
Saturation
52%
Hue
192°
Chroma
23
Temperature
WarmCool
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