When Durable Bay circa Enduring

#21aa8e RGB(33,170,142)

About this color

When Durable Bay circa Enduring occupies the medium-dark, vivid end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #21aa8e — RGB(33, 170, 142).

#21aa8eRGB(33, 170, 142)

HSL 168° · 67% saturation · 40% lightness

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Psychology

Cyan at medium lightness bridges blue and green in a way that reads as refreshing and forward-looking.

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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

This shade sits in a versatile middle ground — useful as interactive elements, tags, badges, and highlight states. It has enough saturation to register clearly without straining extended-reading contexts.

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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 Durable Bay circa Enduring
HEX
#21aa8e
RGB
rgb(33,170,142)
RGB%
rgb(12.9%,66.7%,55.7%)
HSL
hsl(168,67%,40%)
HSV
hsv(168,81%,67%)
CMYK
cmyk(81,0,16,33)
LAB
lab(63,-42,4)
LCH
lch(63,42,175)
sRGB
(0.129,0.667,0.557)
HEX8
#21aa8eff
CSS Name
Decimal
033170142

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Color info

Lightness
40%
Saturation
67%
Hue
168°
Chroma
42
Temperature
WarmCool
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