Mild Bay over Rooting

#3b9a86 RGB(59,154,134)

About this color

Mild Bay over Rooting carries its coordinates at #3b9a86: a medium-dark cyan with moderate saturation.

#3b9a86RGB(59, 154, 134)

HSL 167° · 45% saturation · 42% 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 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
Mild Bay over Rooting
HEX
#3b9a86
RGB
rgb(59,154,134)
RGB%
rgb(23.1%,60.4%,52.5%)
HSL
hsl(167,45%,42%)
HSV
hsv(167,62%,60%)
CMYK
cmyk(62,0,13,40)
LAB
lab(58,-33,2)
LCH
lch(58,33,177)
sRGB
(0.231,0.604,0.525)
HEX8
#3b9a86ff
CSS Name
Decimal
059154134

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Color info

Lightness
42%
Saturation
45%
Hue
167°
Chroma
33
Temperature
WarmCool
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