The Brooding Carbon circa Hounding

#02644b RGB(2,100,75)

About this color

The Brooding Carbon circa Hounding is rendered by screens as RGB(2, 100, 75) — a dark, intense cyan hue.

#02644bRGB(2, 100, 75)

HSL 165° · 96% saturation · 20% 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 Brooding Carbon circa Hounding
HEX
#02644b
RGB
rgb(2,100,75)
RGB%
rgb(0.8%,39.2%,29.4%)
HSL
hsl(165,96%,20%)
HSV
hsv(165,98%,39%)
CMYK
cmyk(98,0,25,61)
LAB
lab(37,-32,7)
LCH
lch(37,33,168)
sRGB
(0.008,0.392,0.294)
HEX8
#02644bff
CSS Name
Decimal
002100075

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Color info

Lightness
20%
Saturation
96%
Hue
165°
Chroma
33
Temperature
WarmCool
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