The Overcast Carbon before Bemoaning

#296b4b RGB(41,107,75)

About this color

The Overcast Carbon before Bemoaning is rendered by screens as RGB(41, 107, 75) — a dark, moderate cyan hue.

#296b4bRGB(41, 107, 75)

HSL 151° · 45% saturation · 29% 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 Overcast Carbon before Bemoaning
HEX
#296b4b
RGB
rgb(41,107,75)
RGB%
rgb(16.1%,42%,29.4%)
HSL
hsl(151,45%,29%)
HSV
hsv(151,62%,42%)
CMYK
cmyk(62,0,30,58)
LAB
lab(40,-29,12)
LCH
lch(40,31,158)
sRGB
(0.161,0.42,0.294)
HEX8
#296b4bff
CSS Name
Decimal
041107075

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Color info

Lightness
29%
Saturation
45%
Hue
151°
Chroma
31
Temperature
WarmCool
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