What the Border over Layered Tying

#21bfe9 RGB(33,191,233)

About this color

What the Border over Layered Tying carries its coordinates at #21bfe9: a medium cyan with intense saturation.

#21bfe9RGB(33, 191, 233)

HSL 193° · 82% saturation · 52% 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

Practically, this medium cyan is comfortable 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

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 formats

Name
What the Border over Layered Tying
HEX
#21bfe9
RGB
rgb(33,191,233)
RGB%
rgb(12.9%,74.9%,91.4%)
HSL
hsl(193,82%,52%)
HSV
hsv(193,86%,91%)
CMYK
cmyk(86,18,0,9)
LAB
lab(72,-24,-32)
LCH
lch(72,40,233)
sRGB
(0.129,0.749,0.914)
HEX8
#21bfe9ff
CSS Name
Decimal
033191233

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Color info

Lightness
52%
Saturation
82%
Hue
193°
Chroma
40
Temperature
WarmCool
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