When Sandy Arch amid Arching

#09957e RGB(9,149,126)

About this color

When Sandy Arch amid Arching is rendered by screens as RGB(9, 149, 126) — a dark, intense cyan hue.

#09957eRGB(9, 149, 126)

HSL 170° · 89% 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
When Sandy Arch amid Arching
HEX
#09957e
RGB
rgb(9,149,126)
RGB%
rgb(3.5%,58.4%,49.4%)
HSL
hsl(170,89%,31%)
HSV
hsv(170,94%,58%)
CMYK
cmyk(94,0,15,42)
LAB
lab(55,-39,3)
LCH
lch(55,39,176)
sRGB
(0.035,0.584,0.494)
HEX8
#09957eff
CSS Name
Decimal
009149126

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Color info

Lightness
31%
Saturation
89%
Hue
170°
Chroma
39
Temperature
WarmCool
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