Wild Bluff outside the Buffering

#55696a RGB(85,105,106)

About this color

Wild Bluff outside the Buffering is rendered by screens as RGB(85, 105, 106) — a medium-dark, muted cyan hue.

#55696aRGB(85, 105, 106)

HSL 183° · 11% saturation · 37% 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 primary background in dark themes, a strong border or divider, or a headline colour against a light surface. Combine with lighter tints of the same hue for a cohesive palette.

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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
Wild Bluff outside the Buffering
HEX
#55696a
RGB
rgb(85,105,106)
RGB%
rgb(33.3%,41.2%,41.6%)
HSL
hsl(183,11%,37%)
HSV
hsv(183,20%,42%)
CMYK
cmyk(20,1,0,58)
LAB
lab(43,-7,-3)
LCH
lch(43,8,203)
sRGB
(0.333,0.412,0.416)
HEX8
#55696aff
CSS Name
Decimal
085105106

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Color info

Lightness
37%
Saturation
11%
Hue
183°
Chroma
8
Temperature
WarmCool
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