Shimmering Alabaster toward Clarifying

#9ab6b6 RGB(154,182,182)

About this color

Shimmering Alabaster toward Clarifying settles into a light cyan territory with a muted quality that feels cool — captured at #9ab6b6, RGB(154, 182, 182).

#9ab6b6RGB(154, 182, 182)

HSL 180° · 16% saturation · 66% lightness

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Psychology

Pale cyan is one of the most readable background tones for screens: low fatigue, high 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

Light enough to serve as page backgrounds, input fields, and hover states — contexts where colour informs rather than dominates. Pair with deeper tones of the same family for clear visual hierarchy.

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Colour pairings

Looking at colour relationships, 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 formats

Name
Shimmering Alabaster toward Clarifying
HEX
#9ab6b6
RGB
rgb(154,182,182)
RGB%
rgb(60.4%,71.4%,71.4%)
HSL
hsl(180,16%,66%)
HSV
hsv(180,15%,71%)
CMYK
cmyk(15,0,0,29)
LAB
lab(72,-9,-3)
LCH
lch(72,9,198)
sRGB
(0.604,0.714,0.714)
HEX8
#9ab6b6ff
CSS Name
Decimal
154182182

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Color info

Lightness
66%
Saturation
16%
Hue
180°
Chroma
9
Temperature
WarmCool
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