Faithful Border throughout Clearing

#28a176 RGB(40,161,118)

About this color

Faithful Border throughout Clearing occupies the medium-dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #28a176 — RGB(40, 161, 118).

#28a176RGB(40, 161, 118)

HSL 159° · 60% saturation · 39% 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
Faithful Border throughout Clearing
HEX
#28a176
RGB
rgb(40,161,118)
RGB%
rgb(15.7%,63.1%,46.3%)
HSL
hsl(159,60%,39%)
HSV
hsv(159,75%,63%)
CMYK
cmyk(75,0,27,37)
LAB
lab(59,-43,13)
LCH
lch(59,45,163)
sRGB
(0.157,0.631,0.463)
HEX8
#28a176ff
CSS Name
Decimal
040161118

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Color info

Lightness
39%
Saturation
60%
Hue
159°
Chroma
45
Temperature
WarmCool
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