Tarnished Basalt onto Devouring

#105b56 RGB(16,91,86)

About this color

Tarnished Basalt onto Devouring is a vivid, dark cyan tone, fixed at #105b56 in the RGB color space.

#105b56RGB(16, 91, 86)

HSL 176° · 70% saturation · 21% lightness

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Psychology

In deeper registers cyan reads as focused and efficient — a colour of systems and clarity.

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History

Cyan as a printing ink became central to modern colour reproduction — the C in CMYK — because its complement to red allows the full printable colour range.

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Design use

As a dark tone, it naturally lends itself to 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

For palette building, cyan complements warm reds and red-oranges — a palette of technological energy. For calmer use, pair with white, light grey, and the lightest tints of the same hue.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
Tarnished Basalt onto Devouring
HEX
#105b56
RGB
rgb(16,91,86)
RGB%
rgb(6.3%,35.7%,33.7%)
HSL
hsl(176,70%,21%)
HSV
hsv(176,82%,36%)
CMYK
cmyk(82,0,5,64)
LAB
lab(35,-23,-3)
LCH
lch(35,23,187)
sRGB
(0.063,0.357,0.337)
HEX8
#105b56ff
CSS Name
Decimal
016091086

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Color info

Lightness
21%
Saturation
70%
Hue
176°
Chroma
23
Temperature
WarmCool
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