When Ponderous Basin down Spreading

#59c5b3 RGB(89,197,179)

About this color

When Ponderous Basin down Spreading is a moderate, medium cyan tone, fixed at #59c5b3 in the RGB color space.

#59c5b3RGB(89, 197, 179)

HSL 170° · 48% saturation · 56% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
When Ponderous Basin down Spreading
HEX
#59c5b3
RGB
rgb(89,197,179)
RGB%
rgb(34.9%,77.3%,70.2%)
HSL
hsl(170,48%,56%)
HSV
hsv(170,55%,77%)
CMYK
cmyk(55,0,9,23)
LAB
lab(73,-35,0)
LCH
lch(73,35,180)
sRGB
(0.349,0.773,0.702)
HEX8
#59c5b3ff
CSS Name
Decimal
089197179

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Color info

Lightness
56%
Saturation
48%
Hue
170°
Chroma
35
Temperature
WarmCool
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