The Firm Border into Aging

#3c8690 RGB(60,134,144)

About this color

The Firm Border into Aging is a moderate, medium-dark cyan tone, fixed at #3c8690 in the RGB color space.

#3c8690RGB(60, 134, 144)

HSL 187° · 41% saturation · 40% 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 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 formats

Name
The Firm Border into Aging
HEX
#3c8690
RGB
rgb(60,134,144)
RGB%
rgb(23.5%,52.5%,56.5%)
HSL
hsl(187,41%,40%)
HSV
hsv(187,58%,56%)
CMYK
cmyk(58,7,0,44)
LAB
lab(52,-20,-12)
LCH
lch(52,23,211)
sRGB
(0.235,0.525,0.565)
HEX8
#3c8690ff
CSS Name
Decimal
060134144

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Color info

Lightness
40%
Saturation
41%
Hue
187°
Chroma
23
Temperature
WarmCool
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