When the Mellow Border before Grading

#298e88 RGB(41,142,136)

About this color

When the Mellow Border before Grading is rendered by screens as RGB(41, 142, 136) — a medium-dark, vivid cyan hue.

#298e88RGB(41, 142, 136)

HSL 176° · 55% saturation · 36% 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 grounding element in print design — covers, footers, section dividers. On screen it suits dashboards and interfaces where a serious tone matters.

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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 the Mellow Border before Grading
HEX
#298e88
RGB
rgb(41,142,136)
RGB%
rgb(16.1%,55.7%,53.3%)
HSL
hsl(176,55%,36%)
HSV
hsv(176,71%,56%)
CMYK
cmyk(71,0,4,44)
LAB
lab(54,-30,-5)
LCH
lch(54,30,189)
sRGB
(0.161,0.557,0.533)
HEX8
#298e88ff
CSS Name
Decimal
041142136

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Color info

Lightness
36%
Saturation
55%
Hue
176°
Chroma
30
Temperature
WarmCool
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