The Brook During Earnest Cooling

#3cc6cd RGB(60,198,205)

About this color

The Brook During Earnest Cooling is a vivid, medium cyan tone, fixed at #3cc6cd in the RGB color space.

#3cc6cdRGB(60, 198, 205)

HSL 183° · 59% saturation · 52% 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 cyan is comfortable as accent colours, call-to-action buttons, and icon fills — it holds its own without overwhelming adjacent elements. Always check WCAG contrast ratios before using it under or over text.

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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 Categories

Color formats

Name
The Brook During Earnest Cooling
HEX
#3cc6cd
RGB
rgb(60,198,205)
RGB%
rgb(23.5%,77.6%,80.4%)
HSL
hsl(183,59%,52%)
HSV
hsv(183,71%,80%)
CMYK
cmyk(71,3,0,20)
LAB
lab(73,-34,-14)
LCH
lch(73,37,202)
sRGB
(0.235,0.776,0.804)
HEX8
#3cc6cdff
CSS Name
Decimal
060198205

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Color info

Lightness
52%
Saturation
59%
Hue
183°
Chroma
37
Temperature
WarmCool
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