The Boulder for Murky Rusting

#3a5e5d RGB(58,94,93)

About this color

The Boulder for Murky Rusting is rendered by screens as RGB(58, 94, 93) — a dark, muted cyan hue.

#3a5e5dRGB(58, 94, 93)

HSL 178° · 24% 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 primary background in dark themes, a strong border or divider, or a headline colour against a light surface. Combine with lighter tints of the same hue for a cohesive palette.

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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 formats

Name
The Boulder for Murky Rusting
HEX
#3a5e5d
RGB
rgb(58,94,93)
RGB%
rgb(22.7%,36.9%,36.5%)
HSL
hsl(178,24%,30%)
HSV
hsv(178,38%,37%)
CMYK
cmyk(38,0,1,63)
LAB
lab(37,-13,-4)
LCH
lch(37,14,197)
sRGB
(0.227,0.369,0.365)
HEX8
#3a5e5dff
CSS Name
Decimal
058094093

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Color info

Lightness
30%
Saturation
24%
Hue
178°
Chroma
14
Temperature
WarmCool
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