When Calm Canyon through Distilling

#506b6e RGB(80,107,110)

About this color

When Calm Canyon through Distilling is rendered by screens as RGB(80, 107, 110) — a medium-dark, muted cyan hue.

#506b6eRGB(80, 107, 110)

HSL 186° · 16% 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 primary background in dark themes, a strong border or divider, or a headline colour against a light surface. Combine with lighter tints of the same hue for a cohesive palette.

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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
When Calm Canyon through Distilling
HEX
#506b6e
RGB
rgb(80,107,110)
RGB%
rgb(31.4%,42%,43.1%)
HSL
hsl(186,16%,37%)
HSV
hsv(186,27%,43%)
CMYK
cmyk(27,3,0,57)
LAB
lab(43,-9,-5)
LCH
lch(43,10,209)
sRGB
(0.314,0.42,0.431)
HEX8
#506b6eff
CSS Name
Decimal
080107110

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Color info

Lightness
37%
Saturation
16%
Hue
186°
Chroma
10
Temperature
WarmCool
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