Practical Basin until the Shifting

#386e6a RGB(56,110,106)

About this color

Practical Basin until the Shifting is rendered by screens as RGB(56, 110, 106) — a dark, moderate cyan hue.

#386e6aRGB(56, 110, 106)

HSL 176° · 33% saturation · 33% 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
Practical Basin until the Shifting
HEX
#386e6a
RGB
rgb(56,110,106)
RGB%
rgb(22%,43.1%,41.6%)
HSL
hsl(176,33%,33%)
HSV
hsv(176,49%,43%)
CMYK
cmyk(49,0,4,57)
LAB
lab(43,-19,-3)
LCH
lch(43,19,189)
sRGB
(0.22,0.431,0.416)
HEX8
#386e6aff
CSS Name
Decimal
056110106

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Color info

Lightness
33%
Saturation
33%
Hue
176°
Chroma
19
Temperature
WarmCool
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