When Mellow Basin till Calming

#507b6e RGB(80,123,110)

About this color

When Mellow Basin till Calming is a muted, medium-dark cyan tone, fixed at #507b6e in the RGB color space.

#507b6eRGB(80, 123, 110)

HSL 162° · 21% saturation · 40% 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
When Mellow Basin till Calming
HEX
#507b6e
RGB
rgb(80,123,110)
RGB%
rgb(31.4%,48.2%,43.1%)
HSL
hsl(162,21%,40%)
HSV
hsv(162,35%,48%)
CMYK
cmyk(35,0,11,52)
LAB
lab(48,-18,2)
LCH
lch(48,18,174)
sRGB
(0.314,0.482,0.431)
HEX8
#507b6eff
CSS Name
Decimal
080123110

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Color info

Lightness
40%
Saturation
21%
Hue
162°
Chroma
18
Temperature
WarmCool
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