Bright cyan is too bright

[planet36]

When all the colors are viewed together, bright cyan (#53FDE9) has always stood out as being brighter than the others.

hex	color	CIELAB lightness	Hue
#1C1B19		9.8	40.0
#918175		55.1	25.7
#EF2F27		52.4	2.4
#F75341		58.4	5.9
#519F50		59.1	119.2
#98BC37		71.5	76.2
#FBB829		79.0	40.9
#FED06E		85.7	40.8
#2C78BF		49.2	209.0
#68A8E4		66.9	209.0
#E02C6D		50.4	338.3
#FF5C8F		62.4	341.2
#0AAEB3		64.6	181.8
#53FDE9		90.8	172.9
#BAA67F		68.9	39.7
#FCE8C3		92.7	38.9
#FF5F00		61.2	22.4
#FF8700		68.5	31.8

Here are some facts about the current bright cyan

• It has the highest CIELAB lightness.
• The lightness difference between cyan and bright cyan is greater than any other color (excluding black)
• The hue difference between cyan and bright cyan is one of the highest, after green and orange (excluding black)

Not knowing what process was used to generate the colors, I started with cyan (#0AAEB3) and used colorizer.org to increase the lightness in increments of 1 while not adjusting the hue. For reference, the first row is cyan, and the last row is the current bright cyan.

hex	color	CIELAB lightness	Hue
#0AAEB3		64.6	181.8
#2EBDC2		70.1	182.0
#32C0C4		71.1	181.6
#37C2C7		71.9	182.1
#3BC5CA		73.0	182.1
#3FC8CD		74.0	182.1
#43CBD0		75.1	182.1
#46CED2		76.1	181.7
#4AD0D5		76.9	182.2
#4ED3D8		78.0	182.2
#51D6DB		79.0	182.2
#55D9DE		80.1	182.2
#58DCE0		81.1	181.8
#5BDEE3		81.8	182.2
#5FE1E6		82.9	182.2
#62E4E9		83.9	182.2
#65E7EC		85.0	182.2
#68EAEF		86.0	182.2
#6CEDF1		87.0	181.8
#6FF0F4		88.1	181.8
#72F3F7		89.1	181.8
#75F6FA		90.1	181.8
#53FDE9		90.8	172.9

I think the bright cyan colors with a lightness in the low 80s are an improvement.

[roosta]

I tend to agree, thanks for this nice breakdown! I'll look into changing it after this weekend or during if I have time.

[roosta]

I was thinking the new cyans lacks a bit of luster that the original has. When I made the light colors I tried differentiate the light dark variants with a bit of a hue change. So I have a suggestion: I started with the original light and lowered the lightness down to 82, instead of basing it of the dark variant.	HEX	color	Lightness	Hue	desc
#2BE4D0		82.13	173.55	my suggestion
#5FE1E6		82.9	182.2	closest in the table

[planet36]

I like it.