When the Antique Brook Since Adjusting

#21bba8 RGB(33,187,168)

About this color

When the Antique Brook Since Adjusting settles into a medium-dark cyan territory with a vivid quality that feels cool — captured at #21bba8, RGB(33, 187, 168).

#21bba8RGB(33, 187, 168)

HSL 173° · 70% saturation · 43% lightness

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Psychology

Mid cyan is strongly associated with technology, precision, and a certain crisp modernity.

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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

In design terms, a mid-toned cyan like this handles 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

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 Antique Brook Since Adjusting
HEX
#21bba8
RGB
rgb(33,187,168)
RGB%
rgb(12.9%,73.3%,65.9%)
HSL
hsl(173,70%,43%)
HSV
hsv(173,82%,73%)
CMYK
cmyk(82,0,10,27)
LAB
lab(69,-42,-1)
LCH
lch(69,42,181)
sRGB
(0.129,0.733,0.659)
HEX8
#21bba8ff
CSS Name
Decimal
033187168

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Color info

Lightness
43%
Saturation
70%
Hue
173°
Chroma
42
Temperature
WarmCool
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