When Full-bodied Border despite Carving

#497c83 RGB(73,124,131)

About this color

When Full-bodied Border despite Carving carries its coordinates at #497c83: a medium-dark cyan with moderate saturation.

#497c83RGB(73, 124, 131)

HSL 187° · 28% saturation · 40% 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-dark 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
When Full-bodied Border despite Carving
HEX
#497c83
RGB
rgb(73,124,131)
RGB%
rgb(28.6%,48.6%,51.4%)
HSL
hsl(187,28%,40%)
HSV
hsv(187,44%,51%)
CMYK
cmyk(44,5,0,49)
LAB
lab(49,-15,-9)
LCH
lch(49,17,211)
sRGB
(0.286,0.486,0.514)
HEX8
#497c83ff
CSS Name
Decimal
073124131

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Color info

Lightness
40%
Saturation
28%
Hue
187°
Chroma
17
Temperature
WarmCool
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