The Plain Brook upon Tying

#88b6b0 RGB(136,182,176)

About this color

The Plain Brook upon Tying is a muted, medium cyan tone, fixed at #88b6b0 in the RGB color space.

#88b6b0RGB(136, 182, 176)

HSL 172° · 24% 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 Plain Brook upon Tying
HEX
#88b6b0
RGB
rgb(136,182,176)
RGB%
rgb(53.3%,71.4%,69%)
HSL
hsl(172,24%,62%)
HSV
hsv(172,25%,71%)
CMYK
cmyk(25,0,3,29)
LAB
lab(71,-17,-2)
LCH
lch(71,17,187)
sRGB
(0.533,0.714,0.69)
HEX8
#88b6b0ff
CSS Name
Decimal
136182176

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Color info

Lightness
62%
Saturation
24%
Hue
172°
Chroma
17
Temperature
WarmCool
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