When the Frank Basin between Dividing

#66a898 RGB(102,168,152)

About this color

When the Frank Basin between Dividing is a moderate, medium cyan tone, fixed at #66a898 in the RGB color space.

#66a898RGB(102, 168, 152)

HSL 165° · 27% saturation · 53% 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 the Frank Basin between Dividing
HEX
#66a898
RGB
rgb(102,168,152)
RGB%
rgb(40%,65.9%,59.6%)
HSL
hsl(165,27%,53%)
HSV
hsv(165,39%,66%)
CMYK
cmyk(39,0,10,34)
LAB
lab(64,-25,2)
LCH
lch(64,25,175)
sRGB
(0.4,0.659,0.596)
HEX8
#66a898ff
CSS Name
Decimal
102168152

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Color info

Lightness
53%
Saturation
27%
Hue
165°
Chroma
25
Temperature
WarmCool
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