The Venerable Bluff beside Buffering

#009a5b RGB(0,154,91)

About this color

The Venerable Bluff beside Buffering occupies the dark, intense end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #009a5b — RGB(0, 154, 91).

#009a5bRGB(0, 154, 91)

HSL 155° · 100% saturation · 30% 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 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, 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
The Venerable Bluff beside Buffering
HEX
#009a5b
RGB
rgb(0,154,91)
RGB%
rgb(0%,60.4%,35.7%)
HSL
hsl(155,100%,30%)
HSV
hsv(155,100%,60%)
CMYK
cmyk(100,0,41,40)
LAB
lab(56,-50,24)
LCH
lch(56,55,154)
sRGB
(0,0.604,0.357)
HEX8
#009a5bff
CSS Name
Decimal
000154091

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Color info

Lightness
30%
Saturation
100%
Hue
155°
Chroma
55
Temperature
WarmCool
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