When Calm Arch upon Passing

#2ab2ae RGB(42,178,174)

About this color

When Calm Arch upon Passing is a vivid, medium-dark cyan tone, fixed at #2ab2ae in the RGB color space.

#2ab2aeRGB(42, 178, 174)

HSL 178° · 62% 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

Practically, this medium-dark 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
When Calm Arch upon Passing
HEX
#2ab2ae
RGB
rgb(42,178,174)
RGB%
rgb(16.5%,69.8%,68.2%)
HSL
hsl(178,62%,43%)
HSV
hsv(178,76%,70%)
CMYK
cmyk(76,0,2,30)
LAB
lab(66,-35,-8)
LCH
lch(66,36,193)
sRGB
(0.165,0.698,0.682)
HEX8
#2ab2aeff
CSS Name
Decimal
042178174

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Color info

Lightness
43%
Saturation
62%
Hue
178°
Chroma
36
Temperature
WarmCool
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