Forbidding Boulder with the Quelling

#43454a RGB(67,69,74)

About this color

Forbidding Boulder with the Quelling is rendered by screens as RGB(67, 69, 74) — a dark, achromatic grey hue.

#43454aRGB(67, 69, 74)

HSL 223° · 5% saturation · 28% lightness

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Psychology

Grey is the great mediator — it recedes, balances, and gives other colours room to speak.

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History

In Japanese aesthetics, the concept of wabi-sabi — finding beauty in imperfection and transience — finds natural expression in grey and near-neutral tones.

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Design use

Practically speaking, this deep grey 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, a classic approach: pair grey with white and one warm accent — navy, terracotta, or forest green — letting the grey hold the background while the accent carries meaning.

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Color formats

Name
Forbidding Boulder with the Quelling
HEX
#43454a
RGB
rgb(67,69,74)
RGB%
rgb(26.3%,27.1%,29%)
HSL
hsl(223,5%,28%)
HSV
hsv(223,9%,29%)
CMYK
cmyk(9,7,0,71)
LAB
lab(29,0,-3)
LCH
lch(29,3,270)
sRGB
(0.263,0.271,0.29)
HEX8
#43454aff
CSS Name
Decimal
067069074

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Color info

Lightness
28%
Saturation
5%
Hue
223°
Chroma
3
Temperature
WarmCool
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