What the Muffled Bay after Layering

#51c29f RGB(81,194,159)

About this color

What the Muffled Bay after Layering is a moderate, medium cyan tone, fixed at #51c29f in the RGB color space.

#51c29fRGB(81, 194, 159)

HSL 161° · 48% saturation · 54% 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 brand accents, data visualisation series, and illustrative elements. Its middle lightness gives it presence on both white and dark backgrounds.

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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
What the Muffled Bay after Layering
HEX
#51c29f
RGB
rgb(81,194,159)
RGB%
rgb(31.8%,76.1%,62.4%)
HSL
hsl(161,48%,54%)
HSV
hsv(161,58%,76%)
CMYK
cmyk(58,0,18,24)
LAB
lab(71,-41,8)
LCH
lch(71,42,169)
sRGB
(0.318,0.761,0.624)
HEX8
#51c29fff
CSS Name
Decimal
081194159

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Color info

Lightness
54%
Saturation
48%
Hue
161°
Chroma
42
Temperature
WarmCool
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