The Bluff Against Plain Bending

#4cd6c2 RGB(76,214,194)

About this color

The Bluff Against Plain Bending is a vivid, medium cyan tone, fixed at #4cd6c2 in the RGB color space.

#4cd6c2RGB(76, 214, 194)

HSL 171° · 63% saturation · 57% 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 Bluff Against Plain Bending
HEX
#4cd6c2
RGB
rgb(76,214,194)
RGB%
rgb(29.8%,83.9%,76.1%)
HSL
hsl(171,63%,57%)
HSV
hsv(171,64%,84%)
CMYK
cmyk(64,0,9,16)
LAB
lab(78,-42,-1)
LCH
lch(78,42,181)
sRGB
(0.298,0.839,0.761)
HEX8
#4cd6c2ff
CSS Name
Decimal
076214194

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Color info

Lightness
57%
Saturation
63%
Hue
171°
Chroma
42
Temperature
WarmCool
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