Composed Canyon behind Knitting

#40aa9c RGB(64,170,156)

About this color

Composed Canyon behind Knitting is a moderate, medium-dark cyan tone, fixed at #40aa9c in the RGB color space.

#40aa9cRGB(64, 170, 156)

HSL 172° · 45% saturation · 46% 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 brand accents, data visualisation series, and illustrative elements. Its middle lightness gives it presence on both white and dark backgrounds.

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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
Composed Canyon behind Knitting
HEX
#40aa9c
RGB
rgb(64,170,156)
RGB%
rgb(25.1%,66.7%,61.2%)
HSL
hsl(172,45%,46%)
HSV
hsv(172,62%,67%)
CMYK
cmyk(62,0,8,33)
LAB
lab(64,-34,-2)
LCH
lch(64,34,183)
sRGB
(0.251,0.667,0.612)
HEX8
#40aa9cff
CSS Name
Decimal
064170156

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Color info

Lightness
46%
Saturation
45%
Hue
172°
Chroma
34
Temperature
WarmCool
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