Blind Cairn without the Howling

#105851 RGB(16,88,81)

About this color

Blind Cairn without the Howling is rendered by screens as RGB(16, 88, 81) — a dark, vivid cyan hue.

#105851RGB(16, 88, 81)

HSL 174° · 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 formats

Name
Blind Cairn without the Howling
HEX
#105851
RGB
rgb(16,88,81)
RGB%
rgb(6.3%,34.5%,31.8%)
HSL
hsl(174,69%,20%)
HSV
hsv(174,82%,35%)
CMYK
cmyk(82,0,8,65)
LAB
lab(33,-23,-2)
LCH
lch(33,23,185)
sRGB
(0.063,0.345,0.318)
HEX8
#105851ff
CSS Name
Decimal
016088081

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Color info

Lightness
20%
Saturation
69%
Hue
174°
Chroma
23
Temperature
WarmCool
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