Clay-rolled Bluff with Inscribing

#4e9ba6 RGB(78,155,166)

About this color

Clay-rolled Bluff with Inscribing is a moderate, medium-dark cyan tone, fixed at #4e9ba6 in the RGB color space.

#4e9ba6RGB(78, 155, 166)

HSL 188° · 36% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
Clay-rolled Bluff with Inscribing
HEX
#4e9ba6
RGB
rgb(78,155,166)
RGB%
rgb(30.6%,60.8%,65.1%)
HSL
hsl(188,36%,48%)
HSV
hsv(188,53%,65%)
CMYK
cmyk(53,7,0,35)
LAB
lab(60,-21,-13)
LCH
lch(60,25,212)
sRGB
(0.306,0.608,0.651)
HEX8
#4e9ba6ff
CSS Name
Decimal
078155166

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Color info

Lightness
48%
Saturation
36%
Hue
188°
Chroma
25
Temperature
WarmCool
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