Staid Border Inside Seeding

#2a6f5c RGB(42,111,92)

About this color

Staid Border Inside Seeding carries its coordinates at #2a6f5c: a dark cyan with moderate saturation.

#2a6f5cRGB(42, 111, 92)

HSL 163° · 45% saturation · 30% 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
Staid Border Inside Seeding
HEX
#2a6f5c
RGB
rgb(42,111,92)
RGB%
rgb(16.5%,43.5%,36.1%)
HSL
hsl(163,45%,30%)
HSV
hsv(163,62%,44%)
CMYK
cmyk(62,0,17,56)
LAB
lab(42,-27,4)
LCH
lch(42,27,172)
sRGB
(0.165,0.435,0.361)
HEX8
#2a6f5cff
CSS Name
Decimal
042111092

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Color info

Lightness
30%
Saturation
45%
Hue
163°
Chroma
27
Temperature
WarmCool
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