When Brooding Cave with Blistering

#2e665e RGB(46,102,94)

About this color

When Brooding Cave with Blistering occupies the dark, moderate end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #2e665e — RGB(46, 102, 94).

#2e665eRGB(46, 102, 94)

HSL 171° · 38% saturation · 29% 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 Brooding Cave with Blistering
HEX
#2e665e
RGB
rgb(46,102,94)
RGB%
rgb(18%,40%,36.9%)
HSL
hsl(171,38%,29%)
HSV
hsv(171,55%,40%)
CMYK
cmyk(55,0,8,60)
LAB
lab(39,-21,-1)
LCH
lch(39,21,183)
sRGB
(0.18,0.4,0.369)
HEX8
#2e665eff
CSS Name
Decimal
046102094

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Color info

Lightness
29%
Saturation
38%
Hue
171°
Chroma
21
Temperature
WarmCool
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