Methodical Border beneath Engraving

#4e6e66 RGB(78,110,102)

About this color

Methodical Border beneath Engraving is a muted, medium-dark cyan tone, fixed at #4e6e66 in the RGB color space.

#4e6e66RGB(78, 110, 102)

HSL 165° · 17% saturation · 37% lightness

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Psychology

In deeper registers cyan reads as focused and efficient — a colour of systems and clarity.

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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

As a dark tone, it naturally lends itself to a background for light-coloured text, as a deep accent stripe, or as an anchoring tone in dark-mode interfaces. It pairs naturally with off-whites, warm creams, and metallic highlights.

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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
Methodical Border beneath Engraving
HEX
#4e6e66
RGB
rgb(78,110,102)
RGB%
rgb(30.6%,43.1%,40%)
HSL
hsl(165,17%,37%)
HSV
hsv(165,29%,43%)
CMYK
cmyk(29,0,7,57)
LAB
lab(44,-13,1)
LCH
lch(44,13,176)
sRGB
(0.306,0.431,0.4)
HEX8
#4e6e66ff
CSS Name
Decimal
078110102

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Color info

Lightness
37%
Saturation
17%
Hue
165°
Chroma
13
Temperature
WarmCool
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