The Rooted Basin During Bracing

#505e60 RGB(80,94,96)

About this color

The Rooted Basin During Bracing is rendered by screens as RGB(80, 94, 96) — a medium-dark, muted cyan hue.

#505e60RGB(80, 94, 96)

HSL 187° · 9% saturation · 35% 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
The Rooted Basin During Bracing
HEX
#505e60
RGB
rgb(80,94,96)
RGB%
rgb(31.4%,36.9%,37.6%)
HSL
hsl(187,9%,35%)
HSV
hsv(187,17%,38%)
CMYK
cmyk(17,2,0,62)
LAB
lab(39,-5,-3)
LCH
lch(39,6,211)
sRGB
(0.314,0.369,0.376)
HEX8
#505e60ff
CSS Name
Decimal
080094096

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Color info

Lightness
35%
Saturation
9%
Hue
187°
Chroma
6
Temperature
WarmCool
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