When Methodical Basin before Forming

#1a886e RGB(26,136,110)

About this color

When Methodical Basin before Forming is rendered by screens as RGB(26, 136, 110) — a dark, vivid cyan hue.

#1a886eRGB(26, 136, 110)

HSL 166° · 68% saturation · 32% 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
When Methodical Basin before Forming
HEX
#1a886e
RGB
rgb(26,136,110)
RGB%
rgb(10.2%,53.3%,43.1%)
HSL
hsl(166,68%,32%)
HSV
hsv(166,81%,53%)
CMYK
cmyk(81,0,19,47)
LAB
lab(51,-36,6)
LCH
lch(51,36,171)
sRGB
(0.102,0.533,0.431)
HEX8
#1a886eff
CSS Name
Decimal
026136110

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Color info

Lightness
32%
Saturation
68%
Hue
166°
Chroma
36
Temperature
WarmCool
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