Estranged Boulder by Blackening

#284846 RGB(40,72,70)

About this color

Estranged Boulder by Blackening is rendered by screens as RGB(40, 72, 70) — a dark, moderate cyan hue.

#284846RGB(40, 72, 70)

HSL 176° · 29% saturation · 22% 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
Estranged Boulder by Blackening
HEX
#284846
RGB
rgb(40,72,70)
RGB%
rgb(15.7%,28.2%,27.5%)
HSL
hsl(176,29%,22%)
HSV
hsv(176,44%,28%)
CMYK
cmyk(44,0,3,72)
LAB
lab(28,-12,-3)
LCH
lch(28,12,194)
sRGB
(0.157,0.282,0.275)
HEX8
#284846ff
CSS Name
Decimal
040072070

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Color info

Lightness
22%
Saturation
29%
Hue
176°
Chroma
12
Temperature
WarmCool
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