When Seemly Bay through Cooling

#85bcb3 RGB(133,188,179)

About this color

When Seemly Bay through Cooling is a moderate, medium cyan tone, fixed at #85bcb3 in the RGB color space.

#85bcb3RGB(133, 188, 179)

HSL 170° · 29% saturation · 63% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
When Seemly Bay through Cooling
HEX
#85bcb3
RGB
rgb(133,188,179)
RGB%
rgb(52.2%,73.7%,70.2%)
HSL
hsl(170,29%,63%)
HSV
hsv(170,29%,74%)
CMYK
cmyk(29,0,5,26)
LAB
lab(72,-20,-1)
LCH
lch(72,20,183)
sRGB
(0.522,0.737,0.702)
HEX8
#85bcb3ff
CSS Name
Decimal
133188179

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Color info

Lightness
63%
Saturation
29%
Hue
170°
Chroma
20
Temperature
WarmCool
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