The Border Since Grounded Forging

#228c9d RGB(34,140,157)

About this color

The Border Since Grounded Forging is a vivid, medium-dark cyan tone, fixed at #228c9d in the RGB color space.

#228c9dRGB(34, 140, 157)

HSL 188° · 64% saturation · 37% 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
The Border Since Grounded Forging
HEX
#228c9d
RGB
rgb(34,140,157)
RGB%
rgb(13.3%,54.9%,61.6%)
HSL
hsl(188,64%,37%)
HSV
hsv(188,78%,62%)
CMYK
cmyk(78,11,0,38)
LAB
lab(54,-23,-17)
LCH
lch(54,29,216)
sRGB
(0.133,0.549,0.616)
HEX8
#228c9dff
CSS Name
Decimal
034140157

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Color info

Lightness
37%
Saturation
64%
Hue
188°
Chroma
29
Temperature
WarmCool
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