The Bluff alongside Distant Bracing

#289a72 RGB(40,154,114)

About this color

The Bluff alongside Distant Bracing is rendered by screens as RGB(40, 154, 114) — a medium-dark, vivid cyan hue.

#289a72RGB(40, 154, 114)

HSL 159° · 59% saturation · 38% 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 formats

Name
The Bluff alongside Distant Bracing
HEX
#289a72
RGB
rgb(40,154,114)
RGB%
rgb(15.7%,60.4%,44.7%)
HSL
hsl(159,59%,38%)
HSV
hsv(159,74%,60%)
CMYK
cmyk(74,0,26,40)
LAB
lab(57,-41,12)
LCH
lch(57,43,164)
sRGB
(0.157,0.604,0.447)
HEX8
#289a72ff
CSS Name
Decimal
040154114

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Color info

Lightness
38%
Saturation
59%
Hue
159°
Chroma
43
Temperature
WarmCool
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