What Mellow Bluff until Lining

#3c8d74 RGB(60,141,116)

About this color

What Mellow Bluff until Lining occupies the medium-dark, moderate end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #3c8d74 — RGB(60, 141, 116).

#3c8d74RGB(60, 141, 116)

HSL 161° · 40% saturation · 39% 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
What Mellow Bluff until Lining
HEX
#3c8d74
RGB
rgb(60,141,116)
RGB%
rgb(23.5%,55.3%,45.5%)
HSL
hsl(161,40%,39%)
HSV
hsv(161,57%,55%)
CMYK
cmyk(57,0,18,45)
LAB
lab(53,-31,6)
LCH
lch(53,32,169)
sRGB
(0.235,0.553,0.455)
HEX8
#3c8d74ff
CSS Name
Decimal
060141116

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Color info

Lightness
39%
Saturation
40%
Hue
161°
Chroma
32
Temperature
WarmCool
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