When Placid Bluff till Waiting

#5ad9de RGB(90,217,222)

About this color

When Placid Bluff till Waiting is a vivid, medium cyan tone, fixed at #5ad9de in the RGB color space.

#5ad9deRGB(90, 217, 222)

HSL 182° · 67% saturation · 61% 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 Placid Bluff till Waiting
HEX
#5ad9de
RGB
rgb(90,217,222)
RGB%
rgb(35.3%,85.1%,87.1%)
HSL
hsl(182,67%,61%)
HSV
hsv(182,59%,87%)
CMYK
cmyk(59,2,0,13)
LAB
lab(80,-33,-13)
LCH
lch(80,35,202)
sRGB
(0.353,0.851,0.871)
HEX8
#5ad9deff
CSS Name
Decimal
090217222

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Color info

Lightness
61%
Saturation
67%
Hue
182°
Chroma
35
Temperature
WarmCool
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