What color is Glaucous?
Glaucous is a muted, dusty blue with a soft grey-green undertone, hex #678DC6, similar to the bloom on a ripe grape. The color has a hazy, washed quality, as though a clear sky blue has been softened with ash.
What is the meaning of the color Glaucous?
Ancient Greek sailors used glaukos to describe the shifting blue-grey of the sea, and the word entered English by the mid-1600s to describe the powdery blue-grey coating on certain leaves and fruits. Botanists adopted it as a precise descriptor in the 18th century, with Carl Linnaeus using it in plant classification to identify species with pale, bloom-covered surfaces. The color name appeared in English dictionaries by 1671, making it one of the earlier nature-derived color terms with a documented entry date. Glaucous remains a standard term in botanical illustration, used by institutions such as the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to classify leaf surface color.
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Conversions & Codes
| Format | Value | CSS |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #678DC6 |
color: #678DC6;
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| RGB | 103, 141, 198 |
color: rgb(103, 141, 198);
|
| RGB Percentage | 40%, 55%, 78% |
color: rgb(40%, 55%, 78%);
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| CMYK | 48%, 29%, 0%, 22% | Not supported in CSS |
| HSL | 216°, 45%, 59% |
color: hsl(216, 45%, 59%);
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| HSV | 216°, 48%, 78% | Not supported in CSS |
| CIE-LAB | 47, -8, -19 |
color: lab(47% -8 -19);
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| Decimal | 6786502 | Not supported in CSS |
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CSS & Dev Snippets
.glaucous {
color: #678DC6;
}
$glaucous: #678DC6;
rgb(103, 141, 198)