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Untroubled Mariner

#34607d
Notes

Untroubled Mariner (#34607D) is a true azure with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (204°, 41%, 35%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary orange. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#34607d
RGB
rgb(52, 96, 125)
HSL
hsl(204, 41%, 35%)
HWB
hwb(204 20% 51%)
OKLCH
oklch(47.0% 0.068 239.3)
P3
color(display-p3 0.2453 0.3722 0.4798)
HSV
hsv(204, 58%, 49%)
LAB
lab(38.86% -6.05 -20.88)
LCH
lch(38.86% 21.74 253.83)
CMYK
cmyk(58%, 23%, 0%, 51%)

Etymology

Untroubled
adjective

Latin turbāre, to disturb — negative-prefix un- plus past-participle of trouble. As a color modifier, untroubled implies a clear-and-calm-and-undisturbed quality where the hue carries no visual agitation. Sits at the crisp-and-calm end of the grid, parallel to serene and placid in usage.

Mariner
noun

One who sails the sea — from the Latin mare. As a color name, mariner refers to the deep navy-and-cyan of traditional naval and merchant-marine uniforms: a saturated, slightly muted blue with the matte finish of dyed wool. Cooler than navy, warmer than ocean, with the maritime-uniform association of a word that always implies a working boat rather than a recreational one.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#34607d
Original
#53607e
Protanopia
#49587d
Deuteranopia
#00676a
Tritanopia
#595959
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon White
6.74:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon Black
3.12:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##34607D
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.2453 0.3722 0.4798)
Inside sRGBOKLCH chroma 0.068

This color sits well within the sRGB cube. P3 and sRGB share the gray axis and most desaturated tones, so a P3 display renders this identically to an sRGB display.

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