When the Hardy Border from Hedging

#36bdd8 RGB(54,189,216)

About this color

When the Hardy Border from Hedging is a vivid, medium cyan tone, fixed at #36bdd8 in the RGB color space.

#36bdd8RGB(54, 189, 216)

HSL 190° · 68% saturation · 53% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
When the Hardy Border from Hedging
HEX
#36bdd8
RGB
rgb(54,189,216)
RGB%
rgb(21.2%,74.1%,84.7%)
HSL
hsl(190,68%,53%)
HSV
hsv(190,75%,85%)
CMYK
cmyk(75,12,0,15)
LAB
lab(71,-27,-24)
LCH
lch(71,36,222)
sRGB
(0.212,0.741,0.847)
HEX8
#36bdd8ff
CSS Name
Decimal
054189216

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Color info

Lightness
53%
Saturation
68%
Hue
190°
Chroma
36
Temperature
WarmCool
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