When Grieving Basalt alongside Wearing

#38494e RGB(56,73,78)

About this color

When Grieving Basalt alongside Wearing occupies the dark, muted end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #38494e — RGB(56, 73, 78).

#38494eRGB(56, 73, 78)

HSL 194° · 16% saturation · 26% 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 Grieving Basalt alongside Wearing
HEX
#38494e
RGB
rgb(56,73,78)
RGB%
rgb(22%,28.6%,30.6%)
HSL
hsl(194,16%,26%)
HSV
hsv(194,28%,31%)
CMYK
cmyk(28,6,0,69)
LAB
lab(30,-5,-5)
LCH
lch(30,7,225)
sRGB
(0.22,0.286,0.306)
HEX8
#38494eff
CSS Name
Decimal
056073078

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Color info

Lightness
26%
Saturation
16%
Hue
194°
Chroma
7
Temperature
WarmCool
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