The Coarse Cairn in Clouding

#0a5740 RGB(10,87,64)

About this color

The Coarse Cairn in Clouding occupies the dark, intense end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #0a5740 — RGB(10, 87, 64).

#0a5740RGB(10, 87, 64)

HSL 162° · 79% saturation · 19% 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 Coarse Cairn in Clouding
HEX
#0a5740
RGB
rgb(10,87,64)
RGB%
rgb(3.9%,34.1%,25.1%)
HSL
hsl(162,79%,19%)
HSV
hsv(162,89%,34%)
CMYK
cmyk(89,0,26,66)
LAB
lab(32,-28,7)
LCH
lch(32,29,166)
sRGB
(0.039,0.341,0.251)
HEX8
#0a5740ff
CSS Name
Decimal
010087064

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Color info

Lightness
19%
Saturation
79%
Hue
162°
Chroma
29
Temperature
WarmCool
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