What Salted Border Against Delineating

#4e5e64 RGB(78,94,100)

About this color

What Salted Border Against Delineating settles into a medium-dark blue territory with a muted quality that feels cool — captured at #4e5e64, RGB(78, 94, 100).

#4e5e64RGB(78, 94, 100)

HSL 196° · 12% saturation · 35% lightness

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Psychology

In its darkest registers blue becomes serious and introspective: trustworthy, professional, slightly austere.

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History

Blue has been among the most valued pigments throughout history — ultramarine, ground from lapis lazuli, was once worth more than gold and reserved for the robes of the Virgin Mary in medieval painting.

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Design use

From a design perspective, this shade excels as a grounding element in print design — covers, footers, section dividers. On screen it suits dashboards and interfaces where a serious tone matters.

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Colour pairings

Looking at colour relationships, this blue pairs naturally with warm neutrals — tawny beiges, soft terracottas, aged brass — which amplify its cool character by contrast. Analogous blue-violets and blue-greens give a more cohesive, tonal result.

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Color formats

Name
What Salted Border Against Delineating
HEX
#4e5e64
RGB
rgb(78,94,100)
RGB%
rgb(30.6%,36.9%,39.2%)
HSL
hsl(196,12%,35%)
HSV
hsv(196,22%,39%)
CMYK
cmyk(22,6,0,61)
LAB
lab(39,-5,-5)
LCH
lch(39,7,225)
sRGB
(0.306,0.369,0.392)
HEX8
#4e5e64ff
CSS Name
Decimal
078094100

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Color info

Lightness
35%
Saturation
12%
Hue
196°
Chroma
7
Temperature
WarmCool
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