Mild Bluff after Seeding

#465856 RGB(70,88,86)

About this color

Mild Bluff after Seeding is rendered by screens as RGB(70, 88, 86) — a dark, muted cyan hue.

#465856RGB(70, 88, 86)

HSL 173° · 11% saturation · 31% 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
Mild Bluff after Seeding
HEX
#465856
RGB
rgb(70,88,86)
RGB%
rgb(27.5%,34.5%,33.7%)
HSL
hsl(173,11%,31%)
HSV
hsv(173,20%,35%)
CMYK
cmyk(20,0,2,65)
LAB
lab(36,-7,-1)
LCH
lch(36,7,188)
sRGB
(0.275,0.345,0.337)
HEX8
#465856ff
CSS Name
Decimal
070088086

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Color info

Lightness
31%
Saturation
11%
Hue
173°
Chroma
7
Temperature
WarmCool
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