Pale Boulder without Wracking

#35494c RGB(53,73,76)

About this color

Pale Boulder without Wracking is rendered by screens as RGB(53, 73, 76) — a dark, muted cyan hue.

#35494cRGB(53, 73, 76)

HSL 188° · 18% saturation · 25% 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
Pale Boulder without Wracking
HEX
#35494c
RGB
rgb(53,73,76)
RGB%
rgb(20.8%,28.6%,29.8%)
HSL
hsl(188,18%,25%)
HSV
hsv(188,30%,30%)
CMYK
cmyk(30,4,0,70)
LAB
lab(30,-7,-4)
LCH
lch(30,8,210)
sRGB
(0.208,0.286,0.298)
HEX8
#35494cff
CSS Name
Decimal
053073076

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Color info

Lightness
25%
Saturation
18%
Hue
188°
Chroma
8
Temperature
WarmCool
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