Earthen Border atop the Leaning

#749daa RGB(116,157,170)

About this color

Earthen Border atop the Leaning is a muted, medium cyan tone, fixed at #749daa in the RGB color space.

#749daaRGB(116, 157, 170)

HSL 194° · 24% saturation · 56% 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
Earthen Border atop the Leaning
HEX
#749daa
RGB
rgb(116,157,170)
RGB%
rgb(45.5%,61.6%,66.7%)
HSL
hsl(194,24%,56%)
HSV
hsv(194,32%,67%)
CMYK
cmyk(32,8,0,33)
LAB
lab(62,-11,-11)
LCH
lch(62,16,225)
sRGB
(0.455,0.616,0.667)
HEX8
#749daaff
CSS Name
Decimal
116157170

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Color info

Lightness
56%
Saturation
24%
Hue
194°
Chroma
16
Temperature
WarmCool
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