What the Brook before Sustained Adjusting

#55a2a9 RGB(85,162,169)

About this color

What the Brook before Sustained Adjusting settles into a medium cyan territory with a moderate quality that feels cool — captured at #55a2a9, RGB(85, 162, 169).

#55a2a9RGB(85, 162, 169)

HSL 185° · 33% saturation · 50% 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

In design terms, a mid-toned cyan like this handles 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

Looking at colour relationships, 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
What the Brook before Sustained Adjusting
HEX
#55a2a9
RGB
rgb(85,162,169)
RGB%
rgb(33.3%,63.5%,66.3%)
HSL
hsl(185,33%,50%)
HSV
hsv(185,50%,66%)
CMYK
cmyk(50,4,0,34)
LAB
lab(62,-22,-11)
LCH
lch(62,25,207)
sRGB
(0.333,0.635,0.663)
HEX8
#55a2a9ff
CSS Name
Decimal
085162169

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Color info

Lightness
50%
Saturation
33%
Hue
185°
Chroma
25
Temperature
WarmCool
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