When Steadfast Acre through Cooling

#496b6e RGB(73,107,110)

About this color

When Steadfast Acre through Cooling occupies the medium-dark, muted end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #496b6e — RGB(73, 107, 110).

#496b6eRGB(73, 107, 110)

HSL 185° · 20% saturation · 36% 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 Steadfast Acre through Cooling
HEX
#496b6e
RGB
rgb(73,107,110)
RGB%
rgb(28.6%,42%,43.1%)
HSL
hsl(185,20%,36%)
HSV
hsv(185,34%,43%)
CMYK
cmyk(34,3,0,57)
LAB
lab(43,-11,-6)
LCH
lch(43,13,209)
sRGB
(0.286,0.42,0.431)
HEX8
#496b6eff
CSS Name
Decimal
073107110

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Color info

Lightness
36%
Saturation
20%
Hue
185°
Chroma
13
Temperature
WarmCool
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