When Phosphorescent Beam atop Soaring

#9bddde RGB(155,221,222)

About this color

When Phosphorescent Beam atop Soaring is a vivid, light cyan tone, fixed at #9bddde in the RGB color space.

#9bdddeRGB(155, 221, 222)

HSL 181° · 50% saturation · 74% 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

With its high lightness, this tone is ideal 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

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
When Phosphorescent Beam atop Soaring
HEX
#9bddde
RGB
rgb(155,221,222)
RGB%
rgb(60.8%,86.7%,87.1%)
HSL
hsl(181,50%,74%)
HSV
hsv(181,30%,87%)
CMYK
cmyk(30,0,0,13)
LAB
lab(84,-20,-7)
LCH
lch(84,21,199)
sRGB
(0.608,0.867,0.871)
HEX8
#9bdddeff
CSS Name
Decimal
155221222

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Color info

Lightness
74%
Saturation
50%
Hue
181°
Chroma
21
Temperature
WarmCool
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