Mournful Boulder until the Embittering

#294b51 RGB(41,75,81)

About this color

Mournful Boulder until the Embittering occupies the dark, moderate end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #294b51 — RGB(41, 75, 81).

#294b51RGB(41, 75, 81)

HSL 189° · 33% saturation · 24% 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
Mournful Boulder until the Embittering
HEX
#294b51
RGB
rgb(41,75,81)
RGB%
rgb(16.1%,29.4%,31.8%)
HSL
hsl(189,33%,24%)
HSV
hsv(189,49%,32%)
CMYK
cmyk(49,7,0,68)
LAB
lab(30,-11,-7)
LCH
lch(30,13,212)
sRGB
(0.161,0.294,0.318)
HEX8
#294b51ff
CSS Name
Decimal
041075081

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Color info

Lightness
24%
Saturation
33%
Hue
189°
Chroma
13
Temperature
WarmCool
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