Thick Bluff in Laboring

#649a86 RGB(100,154,134)

About this color

Thick Bluff in Laboring carries its coordinates at #649a86: a medium cyan with muted saturation.

#649a86RGB(100, 154, 134)

HSL 158° · 21% 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

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
Thick Bluff in Laboring
HEX
#649a86
RGB
rgb(100,154,134)
RGB%
rgb(39.2%,60.4%,52.5%)
HSL
hsl(158,21%,50%)
HSV
hsv(158,35%,60%)
CMYK
cmyk(35,0,13,40)
LAB
lab(59,-22,5)
LCH
lch(59,23,167)
sRGB
(0.392,0.604,0.525)
HEX8
#649a86ff
CSS Name
Decimal
100154134

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Color info

Lightness
50%
Saturation
21%
Hue
158°
Chroma
23
Temperature
WarmCool
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