What the Atoll beyond Stable Persisting

#456b59 RGB(69,107,89)

About this color

What the Atoll beyond Stable Persisting carries its coordinates at #456b59: a medium-dark cyan with muted saturation.

#456b59RGB(69, 107, 89)

HSL 152° · 22% saturation · 35% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
What the Atoll beyond Stable Persisting
HEX
#456b59
RGB
rgb(69,107,89)
RGB%
rgb(27.1%,42%,34.9%)
HSL
hsl(152,22%,35%)
HSV
hsv(152,36%,42%)
CMYK
cmyk(36,0,17,58)
LAB
lab(42,-18,6)
LCH
lch(42,19,162)
sRGB
(0.271,0.42,0.349)
HEX8
#456b59ff
CSS Name
Decimal
069107089

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Color info

Lightness
35%
Saturation
22%
Hue
152°
Chroma
19
Temperature
WarmCool
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