When the Well-worn Bay without Embedding

#90baa8 RGB(144,186,168)

About this color

When the Well-worn Bay without Embedding is a muted, light cyan tone, fixed at #90baa8 in the RGB color space.

#90baa8RGB(144, 186, 168)

HSL 154° · 23% saturation · 65% 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 light 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 the Well-worn Bay without Embedding
HEX
#90baa8
RGB
rgb(144,186,168)
RGB%
rgb(56.5%,72.9%,65.9%)
HSL
hsl(154,23%,65%)
HSV
hsv(154,23%,73%)
CMYK
cmyk(23,0,10,27)
LAB
lab(72,-18,5)
LCH
lch(72,19,164)
sRGB
(0.565,0.729,0.659)
HEX8
#90baa8ff
CSS Name
Decimal
144186168

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Color info

Lightness
65%
Saturation
23%
Hue
154°
Chroma
19
Temperature
WarmCool
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