What the Stygian Carbon between Quelling

#12494f RGB(18,73,79)

About this color

What the Stygian Carbon between Quelling occupies the dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #12494f — RGB(18, 73, 79).

#12494fRGB(18, 73, 79)

HSL 186° · 63% saturation · 19% 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
What the Stygian Carbon between Quelling
HEX
#12494f
RGB
rgb(18,73,79)
RGB%
rgb(7.1%,28.6%,31%)
HSL
hsl(186,63%,19%)
HSV
hsv(186,77%,31%)
CMYK
cmyk(77,8,0,69)
LAB
lab(28,-15,-9)
LCH
lch(28,17,211)
sRGB
(0.071,0.286,0.31)
HEX8
#12494fff
CSS Name
Decimal
018073079

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Color info

Lightness
19%
Saturation
63%
Hue
186°
Chroma
17
Temperature
WarmCool
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