When Balanced Cape between Centering

#389e8e RGB(56,158,142)

About this color

When Balanced Cape between Centering carries its coordinates at #389e8e: a medium-dark cyan with moderate saturation.

#389e8eRGB(56, 158, 142)

HSL 171° · 48% saturation · 42% 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 Balanced Cape between Centering
HEX
#389e8e
RGB
rgb(56,158,142)
RGB%
rgb(22%,62%,55.7%)
HSL
hsl(171,48%,42%)
HSV
hsv(171,65%,62%)
CMYK
cmyk(65,0,10,38)
LAB
lab(59,-33,0)
LCH
lch(59,33,180)
sRGB
(0.22,0.62,0.557)
HEX8
#389e8eff
CSS Name
Decimal
056158142

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Color info

Lightness
42%
Saturation
48%
Hue
171°
Chroma
33
Temperature
WarmCool
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