Brooding Boulder via Forsaking

#0c5046 RGB(12,80,70)

About this color

Brooding Boulder via Forsaking occupies the dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #0c5046 — RGB(12, 80, 70).

#0c5046RGB(12, 80, 70)

HSL 171° · 74% saturation · 18% 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
Brooding Boulder via Forsaking
HEX
#0c5046
RGB
rgb(12,80,70)
RGB%
rgb(4.7%,31.4%,27.5%)
HSL
hsl(171,74%,18%)
HSV
hsv(171,85%,31%)
CMYK
cmyk(85,0,12,69)
LAB
lab(30,-23,0)
LCH
lch(30,23,180)
sRGB
(0.047,0.314,0.275)
HEX8
#0c5046ff
CSS Name
Decimal
012080070

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Color info

Lightness
18%
Saturation
74%
Hue
171°
Chroma
23
Temperature
WarmCool
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