Old-fashioned Bay under Rooting

#49d0ac RGB(73,208,172)

About this color

Old-fashioned Bay under Rooting is a vivid, medium cyan tone, fixed at #49d0ac in the RGB color space.

#49d0acRGB(73, 208, 172)

HSL 164° · 59% saturation · 55% 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 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 formats

Name
Old-fashioned Bay under Rooting
HEX
#49d0ac
RGB
rgb(73,208,172)
RGB%
rgb(28.6%,81.6%,67.5%)
HSL
hsl(164,59%,55%)
HSV
hsv(164,65%,82%)
CMYK
cmyk(65,0,17,18)
LAB
lab(76,-45,7)
LCH
lch(76,46,171)
sRGB
(0.286,0.816,0.675)
HEX8
#49d0acff
CSS Name
Decimal
073208172

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Color info

Lightness
55%
Saturation
59%
Hue
164°
Chroma
46
Temperature
WarmCool
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