Distant Cape via Anchoring

#49906c RGB(73,144,108)

About this color

Distant Cape via Anchoring carries its coordinates at #49906c: a medium-dark cyan with moderate saturation.

#49906cRGB(73, 144, 108)

HSL 150° · 33% saturation · 43% 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
Distant Cape via Anchoring
HEX
#49906c
RGB
rgb(73,144,108)
RGB%
rgb(28.6%,56.5%,42.4%)
HSL
hsl(150,33%,43%)
HSV
hsv(150,49%,56%)
CMYK
cmyk(49,0,25,44)
LAB
lab(54,-31,12)
LCH
lch(54,33,159)
sRGB
(0.286,0.565,0.424)
HEX8
#49906cff
CSS Name
Decimal
073144108

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Color info

Lightness
43%
Saturation
33%
Hue
150°
Chroma
33
Temperature
WarmCool
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