When the Bleakest Ash on Faltering

#375658 RGB(55,86,88)

About this color

When the Bleakest Ash on Faltering is a muted, dark cyan tone, fixed at #375658 in the RGB color space.

#375658RGB(55, 86, 88)

HSL 184° · 23% saturation · 28% lightness

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Psychology

In deeper registers cyan reads as focused and efficient — a colour of systems and clarity.

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History

Cyan as a printing ink became central to modern colour reproduction — the C in CMYK — because its complement to red allows the full printable colour range.

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Design use

As a dark tone, it naturally lends itself to 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

For palette building, cyan complements warm reds and red-oranges — a palette of technological energy. For calmer use, pair with white, light grey, and the lightest tints of the same hue.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
When the Bleakest Ash on Faltering
HEX
#375658
RGB
rgb(55,86,88)
RGB%
rgb(21.6%,33.7%,34.5%)
HSL
hsl(184,23%,28%)
HSV
hsv(184,37%,35%)
CMYK
cmyk(37,2,0,65)
LAB
lab(34,-11,-5)
LCH
lch(34,12,204)
sRGB
(0.216,0.337,0.345)
HEX8
#375658ff
CSS Name
Decimal
055086088

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Color info

Lightness
28%
Saturation
23%
Hue
184°
Chroma
12
Temperature
WarmCool
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