When Nightbound Basalt by Chilling

#097553 RGB(9,117,83)

About this color

When Nightbound Basalt by Chilling is rendered by screens as RGB(9, 117, 83) — a dark, intense cyan hue.

#097553RGB(9, 117, 83)

HSL 161° · 86% saturation · 25% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
When Nightbound Basalt by Chilling
HEX
#097553
RGB
rgb(9,117,83)
RGB%
rgb(3.5%,45.9%,32.5%)
HSL
hsl(161,86%,25%)
HSV
hsv(161,92%,46%)
CMYK
cmyk(92,0,29,54)
LAB
lab(43,-36,11)
LCH
lch(43,38,163)
sRGB
(0.035,0.459,0.325)
HEX8
#097553ff
CSS Name
Decimal
009117083

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Color info

Lightness
25%
Saturation
86%
Hue
161°
Chroma
38
Temperature
WarmCool
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