Salted Border via Working

#585a5c RGB(88,90,92)

About this color

Salted Border via Working is rendered by screens as RGB(88, 90, 92) — a medium-dark, achromatic grey hue.

#585a5cRGB(88, 90, 92)

HSL 210° · 2% saturation · 35% 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
Salted Border via Working
HEX
#585a5c
RGB
rgb(88,90,92)
RGB%
rgb(34.5%,35.3%,36.1%)
HSL
hsl(210,2%,35%)
HSV
hsv(210,4%,36%)
CMYK
cmyk(4,2,0,64)
LAB
lab(38,0,-1)
LCH
lch(38,1,270)
sRGB
(0.345,0.353,0.361)
HEX8
#585a5cff
CSS Name
Decimal
088090092

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Color info

Lightness
35%
Saturation
2%
Hue
210°
Chroma
1
Temperature
WarmCool
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