The Bay throughout Equable Knitting

#4d9992 RGB(77,153,146)

About this color

The Bay throughout Equable Knitting carries its coordinates at #4d9992: a medium-dark cyan with moderate saturation.

#4d9992RGB(77, 153, 146)

HSL 174° · 33% saturation · 45% 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
The Bay throughout Equable Knitting
HEX
#4d9992
RGB
rgb(77,153,146)
RGB%
rgb(30.2%,60%,57.3%)
HSL
hsl(174,33%,45%)
HSV
hsv(174,50%,60%)
CMYK
cmyk(50,0,5,40)
LAB
lab(58,-25,-4)
LCH
lch(58,25,189)
sRGB
(0.302,0.6,0.573)
HEX8
#4d9992ff
CSS Name
Decimal
077153146

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Color info

Lightness
45%
Saturation
33%
Hue
174°
Chroma
25
Temperature
WarmCool
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