When Shaped Bay from Crafting

#74c8be RGB(116,200,190)

About this color

When Shaped Bay from Crafting is a moderate, medium cyan tone, fixed at #74c8be in the RGB color space.

#74c8beRGB(116, 200, 190)

HSL 173° · 43% saturation · 62% 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 Shaped Bay from Crafting
HEX
#74c8be
RGB
rgb(116,200,190)
RGB%
rgb(45.5%,78.4%,74.5%)
HSL
hsl(173,43%,62%)
HSV
hsv(173,42%,78%)
CMYK
cmyk(42,0,5,22)
LAB
lab(75,-28,-3)
LCH
lch(75,28,186)
sRGB
(0.455,0.784,0.745)
HEX8
#74c8beff
CSS Name
Decimal
116200190

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Color info

Lightness
62%
Saturation
43%
Hue
173°
Chroma
28
Temperature
WarmCool
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