Reserved Brook throughout Buffering

#3c6666 RGB(60,102,102)

About this color

Reserved Brook throughout Buffering occupies the dark, moderate end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #3c6666 — RGB(60, 102, 102).

#3c6666RGB(60, 102, 102)

HSL 180° · 26% saturation · 32% lightness

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Psychology

Dark cyans feel aquatic and technical — deep ocean, industrial machinery, precision instruments.

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History

Cerulean, a blue-green pigment introduced in the nineteenth century, became important to Impressionist painters for capturing sky and water with unprecedented freshness.

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Design use

Practically speaking, this deep cyan is most at home as a background for light-coloured text, as a deep accent stripe, or as an anchoring tone in dark-mode interfaces. It pairs naturally with off-whites, warm creams, and metallic highlights.

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Colour pairings

When it comes to colour harmony, combine this cyan with coral and warm white for a fresh, modern palette, or with deep navy and charcoal for a more serious, technical feel.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
Reserved Brook throughout Buffering
HEX
#3c6666
RGB
rgb(60,102,102)
RGB%
rgb(23.5%,40%,40%)
HSL
hsl(180,26%,32%)
HSV
hsv(180,41%,40%)
CMYK
cmyk(41,0,0,60)
LAB
lab(40,-15,-5)
LCH
lch(40,16,198)
sRGB
(0.235,0.4,0.4)
HEX8
#3c6666ff
CSS Name
Decimal
060102102

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Color info

Lightness
32%
Saturation
26%
Hue
180°
Chroma
16
Temperature
WarmCool
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