Cyan colours

The cyan family in numbers

• 8 catalogue colours, from CIELAB lightness 31 to 99 (median 81).
• Most saturated: Cyan; least: Azure. Median chroma 34.
• 0 lean warm, 7 lean cool, 1 sit neutral.
• 3 of 8 are dark enough to use as body text on white (4.5:1).
• 5 of 8 fall within, or at the edge of, what premium coated offset print can reach.

What is documented about cyan

True of the family in the stated context, not of every shade in it and not everywhere. See methodology.

• Interiors

  Blue-green colours are commonly used in bathrooms and kitchens, often associated with cleanliness and water.