The Brook onto Subtle Waiting

#49d0c2 RGB(73,208,194)

About this color

The Brook onto Subtle Waiting is a vivid, medium cyan tone, fixed at #49d0c2 in the RGB color space.

#49d0c2RGB(73, 208, 194)

HSL 174° · 59% saturation · 55% 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 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
The Brook onto Subtle Waiting
HEX
#49d0c2
RGB
rgb(73,208,194)
RGB%
rgb(28.6%,81.6%,76.1%)
HSL
hsl(174,59%,55%)
HSV
hsv(174,65%,82%)
CMYK
cmyk(65,0,7,18)
LAB
lab(76,-39,-4)
LCH
lch(76,39,186)
sRGB
(0.286,0.816,0.761)
HEX8
#49d0c2ff
CSS Name
Decimal
073208194

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Color info

Lightness
55%
Saturation
59%
Hue
174°
Chroma
39
Temperature
WarmCool
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