The Thunderous Boulder atop Eroding

#024940 RGB(2,73,64)

About this color

The Thunderous Boulder atop Eroding is rendered by screens as RGB(2, 73, 64) — a dark, intense cyan hue.

#024940RGB(2, 73, 64)

HSL 172° · 95% saturation · 15% 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
The Thunderous Boulder atop Eroding
HEX
#024940
RGB
rgb(2,73,64)
RGB%
rgb(0.8%,28.6%,25.1%)
HSL
hsl(172,95%,15%)
HSV
hsv(172,97%,29%)
CMYK
cmyk(97,0,12,71)
LAB
lab(27,-22,0)
LCH
lch(27,22,180)
sRGB
(0.008,0.286,0.251)
HEX8
#024940ff
CSS Name
Decimal
002073064

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Color info

Lightness
15%
Saturation
95%
Hue
172°
Chroma
22
Temperature
WarmCool
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