Lean Bluff via Cooling

#299566 RGB(41,149,102)

About this color

Lean Bluff via Cooling occupies the medium-dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #299566 — RGB(41, 149, 102).

#299566RGB(41, 149, 102)

HSL 154° · 57% saturation · 37% 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
Lean Bluff via Cooling
HEX
#299566
RGB
rgb(41,149,102)
RGB%
rgb(16.1%,58.4%,40%)
HSL
hsl(154,57%,37%)
HSV
hsv(154,72%,58%)
CMYK
cmyk(72,0,32,42)
LAB
lab(55,-42,16)
LCH
lch(55,45,159)
sRGB
(0.161,0.584,0.4)
HEX8
#299566ff
CSS Name
Decimal
041149102

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Color info

Lightness
37%
Saturation
57%
Hue
154°
Chroma
45
Temperature
WarmCool
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