The Dependable Bluff without the Curving

#5d9395 RGB(93,147,149)

About this color

The Dependable Bluff without the Curving carries its coordinates at #5d9395: a medium-dark cyan with muted saturation.

#5d9395RGB(93, 147, 149)

HSL 182° · 23% saturation · 47% 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-dark 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 Dependable Bluff without the Curving
HEX
#5d9395
RGB
rgb(93,147,149)
RGB%
rgb(36.5%,57.6%,58.4%)
HSL
hsl(182,23%,47%)
HSV
hsv(182,38%,58%)
CMYK
cmyk(38,1,0,42)
LAB
lab(57,-17,-7)
LCH
lch(57,18,202)
sRGB
(0.365,0.576,0.584)
HEX8
#5d9395ff
CSS Name
Decimal
093147149

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Color info

Lightness
47%
Saturation
23%
Hue
182°
Chroma
18
Temperature
WarmCool
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