When Moderate Basin within Carving

#71bbae RGB(113,187,174)

About this color

When Moderate Basin within Carving is a moderate, medium cyan tone, fixed at #71bbae in the RGB color space.

#71bbaeRGB(113, 187, 174)

HSL 169° · 35% 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 Moderate Basin within Carving
HEX
#71bbae
RGB
rgb(113,187,174)
RGB%
rgb(44.3%,73.3%,68.2%)
HSL
hsl(169,35%,59%)
HSV
hsv(169,40%,73%)
CMYK
cmyk(40,0,7,27)
LAB
lab(71,-26,-1)
LCH
lch(71,26,182)
sRGB
(0.443,0.733,0.682)
HEX8
#71bbaeff
CSS Name
Decimal
113187174

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Color info

Lightness
59%
Saturation
35%
Hue
169°
Chroma
26
Temperature
WarmCool
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