When Wise Arch without Cradling

#48716e RGB(72,113,110)

About this color

When Wise Arch without Cradling is rendered by screens as RGB(72, 113, 110) — a medium-dark, muted cyan hue.

#48716eRGB(72, 113, 110)

HSL 176° · 22% 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 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 Wise Arch without Cradling
HEX
#48716e
RGB
rgb(72,113,110)
RGB%
rgb(28.2%,44.3%,43.1%)
HSL
hsl(176,22%,36%)
HSV
hsv(176,36%,44%)
CMYK
cmyk(36,0,3,56)
LAB
lab(45,-15,-3)
LCH
lch(45,15,191)
sRGB
(0.282,0.443,0.431)
HEX8
#48716eff
CSS Name
Decimal
072113110

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Color info

Lightness
36%
Saturation
22%
Hue
176°
Chroma
15
Temperature
WarmCool
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