Pitiless Cave through Deepening

#2e504c RGB(46,80,76)

About this color

Pitiless Cave through Deepening occupies the dark, moderate end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #2e504c — RGB(46, 80, 76).

#2e504cRGB(46, 80, 76)

HSL 173° · 27% saturation · 25% 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
Pitiless Cave through Deepening
HEX
#2e504c
RGB
rgb(46,80,76)
RGB%
rgb(18%,31.4%,29.8%)
HSL
hsl(173,27%,25%)
HSV
hsv(173,43%,31%)
CMYK
cmyk(42,0,5,69)
LAB
lab(31,-13,-2)
LCH
lch(31,13,189)
sRGB
(0.18,0.314,0.298)
HEX8
#2e504cff
CSS Name
Decimal
046080076

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Color info

Lightness
25%
Saturation
27%
Hue
173°
Chroma
13
Temperature
WarmCool
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