The Mild Basin During Reaching

#6c8080 RGB(108,128,128)

About this color

The Mild Basin During Reaching is a muted, medium-dark cyan tone, fixed at #6c8080 in the RGB color space.

#6c8080RGB(108, 128, 128)

HSL 180° · 8% 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 Mild Basin During Reaching
HEX
#6c8080
RGB
rgb(108,128,128)
RGB%
rgb(42.4%,50.2%,50.2%)
HSL
hsl(180,8%,46%)
HSV
hsv(180,16%,50%)
CMYK
cmyk(16,0,0,50)
LAB
lab(52,-7,-2)
LCH
lch(52,7,196)
sRGB
(0.424,0.502,0.502)
HEX8
#6c8080ff
CSS Name
Decimal
108128128

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Color info

Lightness
46%
Saturation
8%
Hue
180°
Chroma
7
Temperature
WarmCool
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