When Patient Basin without Flowing

#499bae RGB(73,155,174)

About this color

When Patient Basin without Flowing carries its coordinates at #499bae: a medium-dark cyan with moderate saturation.

#499baeRGB(73, 155, 174)

HSL 191° · 41% saturation · 48% 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 formats

Name
When Patient Basin without Flowing
HEX
#499bae
RGB
rgb(73,155,174)
RGB%
rgb(28.6%,60.8%,68.2%)
HSL
hsl(191,41%,48%)
HSV
hsv(191,58%,68%)
CMYK
cmyk(58,11,0,32)
LAB
lab(60,-19,-17)
LCH
lch(60,25,222)
sRGB
(0.286,0.608,0.682)
HEX8
#499baeff
CSS Name
Decimal
073155174

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Color info

Lightness
48%
Saturation
41%
Hue
191°
Chroma
25
Temperature
WarmCool
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