The Acre until Kindly Fitting

#699b8d RGB(105,155,141)

About this color

The Acre until Kindly Fitting carries its coordinates at #699b8d: a medium cyan with muted saturation.

#699b8dRGB(105, 155, 141)

HSL 163° · 20% saturation · 51% 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 formats

Name
The Acre until Kindly Fitting
HEX
#699b8d
RGB
rgb(105,155,141)
RGB%
rgb(41.2%,60.8%,55.3%)
HSL
hsl(163,20%,51%)
HSV
hsv(163,32%,61%)
CMYK
cmyk(32,0,9,39)
LAB
lab(60,-20,2)
LCH
lch(60,20,174)
sRGB
(0.412,0.608,0.553)
HEX8
#699b8dff
CSS Name
Decimal
105155141

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Color info

Lightness
51%
Saturation
20%
Hue
163°
Chroma
20
Temperature
WarmCool
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