When Hardy Border out Buffering

#6abdd3 RGB(106,189,211)

About this color

When Hardy Border out Buffering is a vivid, medium cyan tone, fixed at #6abdd3 in the RGB color space.

#6abdd3RGB(106, 189, 211)

HSL 193° · 54% saturation · 62% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
When Hardy Border out Buffering
HEX
#6abdd3
RGB
rgb(106,189,211)
RGB%
rgb(41.6%,74.1%,82.7%)
HSL
hsl(193,54%,62%)
HSV
hsv(193,50%,83%)
CMYK
cmyk(50,10,0,17)
LAB
lab(72,-19,-19)
LCH
lch(72,27,225)
sRGB
(0.416,0.741,0.827)
HEX8
#6abdd3ff
CSS Name
Decimal
106189211

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Color info

Lightness
62%
Saturation
54%
Hue
193°
Chroma
27
Temperature
WarmCool
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