Steady Bluff over Inscribing

#77989c RGB(119,152,156)

About this color

Steady Bluff over Inscribing carries its coordinates at #77989c: a medium cyan with muted saturation.

#77989cRGB(119, 152, 156)

HSL 186° · 16% saturation · 54% 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
Steady Bluff over Inscribing
HEX
#77989c
RGB
rgb(119,152,156)
RGB%
rgb(46.7%,59.6%,61.2%)
HSL
hsl(186,16%,54%)
HSV
hsv(186,24%,61%)
CMYK
cmyk(24,3,0,39)
LAB
lab(61,-10,-6)
LCH
lch(61,12,211)
sRGB
(0.467,0.596,0.612)
HEX8
#77989cff
CSS Name
Decimal
119152156

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Color info

Lightness
54%
Saturation
16%
Hue
186°
Chroma
12
Temperature
WarmCool
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