Hewn Basin within Inscribing

#476b6c RGB(71,107,108)

About this color

Hewn Basin within Inscribing is rendered by screens as RGB(71, 107, 108) — a medium-dark, muted cyan hue.

#476b6cRGB(71, 107, 108)

HSL 182° · 21% saturation · 35% 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 formats

Name
Hewn Basin within Inscribing
HEX
#476b6c
RGB
rgb(71,107,108)
RGB%
rgb(27.8%,42%,42.4%)
HSL
hsl(182,21%,35%)
HSV
hsv(182,34%,42%)
CMYK
cmyk(34,1,0,58)
LAB
lab(43,-12,-5)
LCH
lch(43,13,203)
sRGB
(0.278,0.42,0.424)
HEX8
#476b6cff
CSS Name
Decimal
071107108

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Color info

Lightness
35%
Saturation
21%
Hue
182°
Chroma
13
Temperature
WarmCool
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