When Wild Bluff past Balancing

#6b9f8e RGB(107,159,142)

About this color

When Wild Bluff past Balancing carries its coordinates at #6b9f8e: a medium cyan with muted saturation.

#6b9f8eRGB(107, 159, 142)

HSL 160° · 21% saturation · 52% 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
When Wild Bluff past Balancing
HEX
#6b9f8e
RGB
rgb(107,159,142)
RGB%
rgb(42%,62.4%,55.7%)
HSL
hsl(160,21%,52%)
HSV
hsv(160,33%,62%)
CMYK
cmyk(33,0,11,38)
LAB
lab(62,-21,3)
LCH
lch(62,21,172)
sRGB
(0.42,0.624,0.557)
HEX8
#6b9f8eff
CSS Name
Decimal
107159142

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Color info

Lightness
52%
Saturation
21%
Hue
160°
Chroma
21
Temperature
WarmCool
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