The Bluff up Husky Joining

#85b7ad RGB(133,183,173)

About this color

The Bluff up Husky Joining is a moderate, medium cyan tone, fixed at #85b7ad in the RGB color space.

#85b7adRGB(133, 183, 173)

HSL 168° · 26% 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 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 formats

Name
The Bluff up Husky Joining
HEX
#85b7ad
RGB
rgb(133,183,173)
RGB%
rgb(52.2%,71.8%,67.8%)
HSL
hsl(168,26%,62%)
HSV
hsv(168,27%,72%)
CMYK
cmyk(27,0,5,28)
LAB
lab(71,-19,0)
LCH
lch(71,19,180)
sRGB
(0.522,0.718,0.678)
HEX8
#85b7adff
CSS Name
Decimal
133183173

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Color info

Lightness
62%
Saturation
26%
Hue
168°
Chroma
19
Temperature
WarmCool
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