The Bay Inside Layered Toiling

#386952 RGB(56,105,82)

About this color

The Bay Inside Layered Toiling carries its coordinates at #386952: a dark cyan with moderate saturation.

#386952RGB(56, 105, 82)

HSL 152° · 30% saturation · 32% 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 formats

Name
The Bay Inside Layered Toiling
HEX
#386952
RGB
rgb(56,105,82)
RGB%
rgb(22%,41.2%,32.2%)
HSL
hsl(152,30%,32%)
HSV
hsv(152,47%,41%)
CMYK
cmyk(47,0,22,59)
LAB
lab(40,-23,8)
LCH
lch(40,24,161)
sRGB
(0.22,0.412,0.322)
HEX8
#386952ff
CSS Name
Decimal
056105082

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Color info

Lightness
32%
Saturation
30%
Hue
152°
Chroma
24
Temperature
WarmCool
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