When Plain Acre by Layering

#208873 RGB(32,136,115)

About this color

When Plain Acre by Layering is a vivid, dark cyan tone, fixed at #208873 in the RGB color space.

#208873RGB(32, 136, 115)

HSL 168° · 62% saturation · 33% lightness

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Psychology

In deeper registers cyan reads as focused and efficient — a colour of systems and 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

As a dark tone, it naturally lends itself to 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

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 Plain Acre by Layering
HEX
#208873
RGB
rgb(32,136,115)
RGB%
rgb(12.5%,53.3%,45.1%)
HSL
hsl(168,62%,33%)
HSV
hsv(168,76%,53%)
CMYK
cmyk(76,0,15,47)
LAB
lab(51,-34,3)
LCH
lch(51,34,175)
sRGB
(0.125,0.533,0.451)
HEX8
#208873ff
CSS Name
Decimal
032136115

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Color info

Lightness
33%
Saturation
62%
Hue
168°
Chroma
34
Temperature
WarmCool
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