The Brook upon Organic Buffering

#50d8c2 RGB(80,216,194)

About this color

The Brook upon Organic Buffering carries its coordinates at #50d8c2: a medium cyan with vivid saturation.

#50d8c2RGB(80, 216, 194)

HSL 170° · 64% saturation · 58% 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 Brook upon Organic Buffering
HEX
#50d8c2
RGB
rgb(80,216,194)
RGB%
rgb(31.4%,84.7%,76.1%)
HSL
hsl(170,64%,58%)
HSV
hsv(170,63%,85%)
CMYK
cmyk(63,0,10,15)
LAB
lab(79,-42,0)
LCH
lch(79,42,180)
sRGB
(0.314,0.847,0.761)
HEX8
#50d8c2ff
CSS Name
Decimal
080216194

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Color info

Lightness
58%
Saturation
64%
Hue
170°
Chroma
42
Temperature
WarmCool
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