When the Gleaming Beam behind Foaming

#9af4d8 RGB(154,244,216)

About this color

When the Gleaming Beam behind Foaming settles into a light cyan territory with a intense quality that feels cool — captured at #9af4d8, RGB(154, 244, 216).

#9af4d8RGB(154, 244, 216)

HSL 161° · 80% saturation · 78% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
When the Gleaming Beam behind Foaming
HEX
#9af4d8
RGB
rgb(154,244,216)
RGB%
rgb(60.4%,95.7%,84.7%)
HSL
hsl(161,80%,78%)
HSV
hsv(161,37%,96%)
CMYK
cmyk(37,0,11,4)
LAB
lab(90,-33,5)
LCH
lch(90,33,171)
sRGB
(0.604,0.957,0.847)
HEX8
#9af4d8ff
CSS Name
Decimal
154244216

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Color info

Lightness
78%
Saturation
80%
Hue
161°
Chroma
33
Temperature
WarmCool
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