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Cerulean Blue Middle

Castle Arts Soft Touch Teal & Aqua cool

Castle Arts Soft Touch 099 Cerulean Blue Middle is a light vivid teal colored pencil in the Teal & Aqua family. It sits in the mid-light value range, making it well-suited for tropical water, turquoise, sea glass. Cool undertones make it well-suited to shadows, skies, and atmospheric depth.

Teal & Aqua family Cool temperature 62% lightness
Tropical waterTurquoiseSea glassAqua accentsOcean
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
Cerulean Blue Middle
Color Family
Teal & Aqua
Temperature
Cool
Lightness
62%
Saturation
94%
Palettes Using This Marker
0

Suggested Blend Ladder

Teal & Aqua family — layer from shadow to highlight for smooth gradients.

Shadow Side
101
Cobalt Turquoise Green L61%
Current Marker
099
Cerulean Blue Middle L62%
Highlight Side
098
Primary Blue L64%

Works Well With

Shadows
052
Viridian
-22 lightness
Analogous Colors
046
Sky Blue
15° hue shift
106
Jade Green
16° hue shift
050
Pthalo Green
18° hue shift
104
Terre Verde Deep
19° hue shift
Complementary Accent

Opposite on the color wheel. Useful for contrast, focal points, and making warm colors stand out.

020
Tangerine
opposite hue
016
Orange Lake
opposite hue
013
Terracotta
opposite hue
068
Burnt Umber
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where 099 fits the color story by mood and hue.

💫 Pastel Voltage
Bubblegum pink, warm yellow, lilac, aqua, and cream with a grape-purple charge.
Art Style
🧁 Sugar Rush Kitchen
Sunshine yellow, candy pink, sky blue, cherry coral, and cocoa brown.
Cozy
👻 Icy Haunt
Moonlit aqua, spectral mint, stormy blue, and graveyard violet create a frozen haunting.
Seasonal
🐑 Ghostlight Autumn
Burnt pumpkin, candle gold, cocoa brown, midnight teal, and warm ivory surround friendly ghosts.
Seasonal
🧣 Autumn Blanket
Weathered taupe, soft gray, cabin blue, brick red, and warm clay settle into a quiet fall afternoon.
Seasonal
⛽ Desert Gas Station
Bleached tan. Heat shimmer. Rust and old diesel.
Environment
🧺 Laundromat
Tube-lit blue at 11 p.m., dryers tumbling behind a row of orange plastic chairs nobody is in.
Environment
🕊 Sunday Garden Stillness
Sage and powder sky over wet grass before anyone in the house is awake.
Emotional

Similar Colors in Teal & Aqua

047
Cerulean Blue Light
light vivid teal
#42D4FA
100
Cerulean Blue
light vivid teal
#56D2F7
098
Primary Blue
light vivid blue
#4CC5F8
097
Intense Blue
light vivid teal
#44D2F6
103
Cypress Green
mid vivid blue
#45BBEA
048
Cobalt Turquoise
light vivid teal
#4FDEF6
101
Cobalt Turquoise Green
light vivid teal
#4AE2EB
049
Teal Green Light
mid vivid teal
#47DAE3

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