When Neutral Bluff opposite Dividing

#49bcae RGB(73,188,174)

About this color

When Neutral Bluff opposite Dividing is a moderate, medium cyan tone, fixed at #49bcae in the RGB color space.

#49bcaeRGB(73, 188, 174)

HSL 173° · 46% saturation · 51% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
When Neutral Bluff opposite Dividing
HEX
#49bcae
RGB
rgb(73,188,174)
RGB%
rgb(28.6%,73.7%,68.2%)
HSL
hsl(173,46%,51%)
HSV
hsv(173,61%,74%)
CMYK
cmyk(61,0,7,26)
LAB
lab(70,-36,-3)
LCH
lch(70,36,185)
sRGB
(0.286,0.737,0.682)
HEX8
#49bcaeff
CSS Name
Decimal
073188174

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Color info

Lightness
51%
Saturation
46%
Hue
173°
Chroma
36
Temperature
WarmCool
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