What the Cape Inside Durable Steadying

#2d8f99 RGB(45,143,153)

About this color

What the Cape Inside Durable Steadying occupies the medium-dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #2d8f99 — RGB(45, 143, 153).

#2d8f99RGB(45, 143, 153)

HSL 186° · 55% 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
What the Cape Inside Durable Steadying
HEX
#2d8f99
RGB
rgb(45,143,153)
RGB%
rgb(17.6%,56.1%,60%)
HSL
hsl(186,55%,39%)
HSV
hsv(186,71%,60%)
CMYK
cmyk(71,7,0,40)
LAB
lab(55,-24,-14)
LCH
lch(55,28,210)
sRGB
(0.176,0.561,0.6)
HEX8
#2d8f99ff
CSS Name
Decimal
045143153

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Color info

Lightness
39%
Saturation
55%
Hue
186°
Chroma
28
Temperature
WarmCool
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