The Border before Tender Staying

#3ca9ad RGB(60,169,173)

About this color

The Border before Tender Staying carries its coordinates at #3ca9ad: a medium-dark cyan with moderate saturation.

#3ca9adRGB(60, 169, 173)

HSL 182° · 48% saturation · 46% 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 formats

Name
The Border before Tender Staying
HEX
#3ca9ad
RGB
rgb(60,169,173)
RGB%
rgb(23.5%,66.3%,67.8%)
HSL
hsl(182,48%,46%)
HSV
hsv(182,65%,68%)
CMYK
cmyk(65,2,0,32)
LAB
lab(64,-29,-11)
LCH
lch(64,31,201)
sRGB
(0.235,0.663,0.678)
HEX8
#3ca9adff
CSS Name
Decimal
060169173

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Color info

Lightness
46%
Saturation
48%
Hue
182°
Chroma
31
Temperature
WarmCool
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