What the Plain Border from Toiling

#2e6d5f RGB(46,109,95)

About this color

What the Plain Border from Toiling is rendered by screens as RGB(46, 109, 95) — a dark, moderate cyan hue.

#2e6d5fRGB(46, 109, 95)

HSL 167° · 41% saturation · 30% 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
What the Plain Border from Toiling
HEX
#2e6d5f
RGB
rgb(46,109,95)
RGB%
rgb(18%,42.7%,37.3%)
HSL
hsl(167,41%,30%)
HSV
hsv(167,58%,43%)
CMYK
cmyk(58,0,13,57)
LAB
lab(42,-24,2)
LCH
lch(42,24,175)
sRGB
(0.18,0.427,0.373)
HEX8
#2e6d5fff
CSS Name
Decimal
046109095

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Color info

Lightness
30%
Saturation
41%
Hue
167°
Chroma
24
Temperature
WarmCool
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