When the Stocky Bay on Clearing

#338a88 RGB(51,138,136)

About this color

When the Stocky Bay on Clearing is rendered by screens as RGB(51, 138, 136) — a medium-dark, moderate cyan hue.

#338a88RGB(51, 138, 136)

HSL 179° · 46% saturation · 37% 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
When the Stocky Bay on Clearing
HEX
#338a88
RGB
rgb(51,138,136)
RGB%
rgb(20%,54.1%,53.3%)
HSL
hsl(179,46%,37%)
HSV
hsv(179,63%,54%)
CMYK
cmyk(63,0,1,46)
LAB
lab(53,-26,-7)
LCH
lch(53,27,195)
sRGB
(0.2,0.541,0.533)
HEX8
#338a88ff
CSS Name
Decimal
051138136

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Color info

Lightness
37%
Saturation
46%
Hue
179°
Chroma
27
Temperature
WarmCool
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