True Bluff despite Layering

#476c5c RGB(71,108,92)

About this color

True Bluff despite Layering occupies the medium-dark, muted end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #476c5c — RGB(71, 108, 92).

#476c5cRGB(71, 108, 92)

HSL 154° · 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
True Bluff despite Layering
HEX
#476c5c
RGB
rgb(71,108,92)
RGB%
rgb(27.8%,42.4%,36.1%)
HSL
hsl(154,21%,35%)
HSV
hsv(154,34%,42%)
CMYK
cmyk(34,0,15,58)
LAB
lab(43,-17,5)
LCH
lch(43,18,164)
sRGB
(0.278,0.424,0.361)
HEX8
#476c5cff
CSS Name
Decimal
071108092

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Color info

Lightness
35%
Saturation
21%
Hue
154°
Chroma
18
Temperature
WarmCool
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