When Grainy Bluff for Echoing

#2a7b8e RGB(42,123,142)

About this color

When Grainy Bluff for Echoing is rendered by screens as RGB(42, 123, 142) — a medium-dark, vivid cyan hue.

#2a7b8eRGB(42, 123, 142)

HSL 191° · 54% saturation · 36% 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 primary background in dark themes, a strong border or divider, or a headline colour against a light surface. Combine with lighter tints of the same hue for a cohesive palette.

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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
When Grainy Bluff for Echoing
HEX
#2a7b8e
RGB
rgb(42,123,142)
RGB%
rgb(16.5%,48.2%,55.7%)
HSL
hsl(191,54%,36%)
HSV
hsv(191,70%,56%)
CMYK
cmyk(70,13,0,44)
LAB
lab(48,-18,-17)
LCH
lch(48,25,223)
sRGB
(0.165,0.482,0.557)
HEX8
#2a7b8eff
CSS Name
Decimal
042123142

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Color info

Lightness
36%
Saturation
54%
Hue
191°
Chroma
25
Temperature
WarmCool
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