The Char underneath Brooding Dimming

#09666d RGB(9,102,109)

About this color

The Char underneath Brooding Dimming is rendered by screens as RGB(9, 102, 109) — a dark, intense cyan hue.

#09666dRGB(9, 102, 109)

HSL 184° · 85% saturation · 23% 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 Char underneath Brooding Dimming
HEX
#09666d
RGB
rgb(9,102,109)
RGB%
rgb(3.5%,40%,42.7%)
HSL
hsl(184,85%,23%)
HSV
hsv(184,92%,43%)
CMYK
cmyk(92,6,0,57)
LAB
lab(39,-21,-11)
LCH
lch(39,24,208)
sRGB
(0.035,0.4,0.427)
HEX8
#09666dff
CSS Name
Decimal
009102109

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Color info

Lightness
23%
Saturation
85%
Hue
184°
Chroma
24
Temperature
WarmCool
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