Shaded Cavern into Devouring

#105156 RGB(16,81,86)

About this color

Shaded Cavern into Devouring occupies the dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #105156 — RGB(16, 81, 86).

#105156RGB(16, 81, 86)

HSL 184° · 69% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
Shaded Cavern into Devouring
HEX
#105156
RGB
rgb(16,81,86)
RGB%
rgb(6.3%,31.8%,33.7%)
HSL
hsl(184,69%,20%)
HSV
hsv(184,81%,34%)
CMYK
cmyk(81,6,0,66)
LAB
lab(31,-17,-9)
LCH
lch(31,19,208)
sRGB
(0.063,0.318,0.337)
HEX8
#105156ff
CSS Name
Decimal
016081086

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Color info

Lightness
20%
Saturation
69%
Hue
184°
Chroma
19
Temperature
WarmCool
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