When the Ocherous Border under Reaching

#268f88 RGB(38,143,136)

About this color

When the Ocherous Border under Reaching is rendered by screens as RGB(38, 143, 136) — a medium-dark, vivid cyan hue.

#268f88RGB(38, 143, 136)

HSL 176° · 58% saturation · 35% 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 the Ocherous Border under Reaching
HEX
#268f88
RGB
rgb(38,143,136)
RGB%
rgb(14.9%,56.1%,53.3%)
HSL
hsl(176,58%,35%)
HSV
hsv(176,73%,56%)
CMYK
cmyk(73,0,5,44)
LAB
lab(54,-30,-5)
LCH
lch(54,30,189)
sRGB
(0.149,0.561,0.533)
HEX8
#268f88ff
CSS Name
Decimal
038143136

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Color info

Lightness
35%
Saturation
58%
Hue
176°
Chroma
30
Temperature
WarmCool
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