Broken Cairn down the Breaking

#113631 RGB(17,54,49)

About this color

Broken Cairn down the Breaking is rendered by screens as RGB(17, 54, 49) — a deep, vivid cyan hue.

#113631RGB(17, 54, 49)

HSL 172° · 52% saturation · 14% 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 primary background in dark themes, a strong border or divider, or a headline colour against a light surface. Combine with lighter tints of the same hue for a cohesive palette.

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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
Broken Cairn down the Breaking
HEX
#113631
RGB
rgb(17,54,49)
RGB%
rgb(6.7%,21.2%,19.2%)
HSL
hsl(172,52%,14%)
HSV
hsv(172,69%,21%)
CMYK
cmyk(69,0,9,79)
LAB
lab(20,-15,-1)
LCH
lch(20,15,184)
sRGB
(0.067,0.212,0.192)
HEX8
#113631ff
CSS Name
Decimal
017054049

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Color info

Lightness
14%
Saturation
52%
Hue
172°
Chroma
15
Temperature
WarmCool
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