The Grainy Border before Lining

#009ea0 RGB(0,158,160)

About this color

The Grainy Border before Lining is rendered by screens as RGB(0, 158, 160) — a dark, intense cyan hue.

#009ea0RGB(0, 158, 160)

HSL 181° · 100% saturation · 31% 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 Grainy Border before Lining
HEX
#009ea0
RGB
rgb(0,158,160)
RGB%
rgb(0%,62%,62.7%)
HSL
hsl(181,100%,31%)
HSV
hsv(181,100%,63%)
CMYK
cmyk(100,1,0,37)
LAB
lab(59,-33,-11)
LCH
lch(59,35,198)
sRGB
(0,0.62,0.627)
HEX8
#009ea0ff
CSS Name
Decimal
000158160

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Color info

Lightness
31%
Saturation
100%
Hue
181°
Chroma
35
Temperature
WarmCool
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