Ghastly Brine within Quelling

#294e4c RGB(41,78,76)

About this color

Ghastly Brine within Quelling is rendered by screens as RGB(41, 78, 76) — a dark, moderate cyan hue.

#294e4cRGB(41, 78, 76)

HSL 177° · 31% saturation · 23% 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
Ghastly Brine within Quelling
HEX
#294e4c
RGB
rgb(41,78,76)
RGB%
rgb(16.1%,30.6%,29.8%)
HSL
hsl(177,31%,23%)
HSV
hsv(177,47%,31%)
CMYK
cmyk(47,0,3,69)
LAB
lab(31,-14,-3)
LCH
lch(31,14,192)
sRGB
(0.161,0.306,0.298)
HEX8
#294e4cff
CSS Name
Decimal
041078076

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Color info

Lightness
23%
Saturation
31%
Hue
177°
Chroma
14
Temperature
WarmCool
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