When the Ghostly Boulder in Smothering

#0a8a88 RGB(10,138,136)

About this color

When the Ghostly Boulder in Smothering is a intense, dark cyan tone, fixed at #0a8a88 in the RGB color space.

#0a8a88RGB(10, 138, 136)

HSL 179° · 86% saturation · 29% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
When the Ghostly Boulder in Smothering
HEX
#0a8a88
RGB
rgb(10,138,136)
RGB%
rgb(3.9%,54.1%,53.3%)
HSL
hsl(179,86%,29%)
HSV
hsv(179,93%,54%)
CMYK
cmyk(93,0,1,46)
LAB
lab(52,-31,-8)
LCH
lch(52,32,194)
sRGB
(0.039,0.541,0.533)
HEX8
#0a8a88ff
CSS Name
Decimal
010138136

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Color info

Lightness
29%
Saturation
86%
Hue
179°
Chroma
32
Temperature
WarmCool
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