When Known Basin on Extending

#68c4c3 RGB(104,196,195)

About this color

When Known Basin on Extending is a moderate, medium cyan tone, fixed at #68c4c3 in the RGB color space.

#68c4c3RGB(104, 196, 195)

HSL 179° · 44% saturation · 59% 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 Known Basin on Extending
HEX
#68c4c3
RGB
rgb(104,196,195)
RGB%
rgb(40.8%,76.9%,76.5%)
HSL
hsl(179,44%,59%)
HSV
hsv(179,47%,77%)
CMYK
cmyk(47,0,1,23)
LAB
lab(74,-28,-8)
LCH
lch(74,29,196)
sRGB
(0.408,0.769,0.765)
HEX8
#68c4c3ff
CSS Name
Decimal
104196195

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Color info

Lightness
59%
Saturation
44%
Hue
179°
Chroma
29
Temperature
WarmCool
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