When Dim Abyss despite Howling

#086b83 RGB(8,107,131)

About this color

When Dim Abyss despite Howling is a intense, dark cyan tone, fixed at #086b83 in the RGB color space.

#086b83RGB(8, 107, 131)

HSL 192° · 88% saturation · 27% lightness

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Psychology

In deeper registers cyan reads as focused and efficient — a colour of systems and clarity.

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History

Cyan as a printing ink became central to modern colour reproduction — the C in CMYK — because its complement to red allows the full printable colour range.

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Design use

As a dark tone, it naturally lends itself to 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

For palette building, cyan complements warm reds and red-oranges — a palette of technological energy. For calmer use, pair with white, light grey, and the lightest tints of the same hue.

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Color formats

Name
When Dim Abyss despite Howling
HEX
#086b83
RGB
rgb(8,107,131)
RGB%
rgb(3.1%,42%,51.4%)
HSL
hsl(192,88%,27%)
HSV
hsv(192,94%,51%)
CMYK
cmyk(94,18,0,49)
LAB
lab(42,-16,-20)
LCH
lch(42,26,231)
sRGB
(0.031,0.42,0.514)
HEX8
#086b83ff
CSS Name
Decimal
008107131

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Color info

Lightness
27%
Saturation
88%
Hue
192°
Chroma
26
Temperature
WarmCool
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