Old-fashioned Bay under Cooling

#3ea8ac RGB(62,168,172)

About this color

Old-fashioned Bay under Cooling is a moderate, medium-dark cyan tone, fixed at #3ea8ac in the RGB color space.

#3ea8acRGB(62, 168, 172)

HSL 182° · 47% saturation · 46% 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
Old-fashioned Bay under Cooling
HEX
#3ea8ac
RGB
rgb(62,168,172)
RGB%
rgb(24.3%,65.9%,67.5%)
HSL
hsl(182,47%,46%)
HSV
hsv(182,64%,67%)
CMYK
cmyk(64,2,0,33)
LAB
lab(63,-28,-11)
LCH
lch(63,30,201)
sRGB
(0.243,0.659,0.675)
HEX8
#3ea8acff
CSS Name
Decimal
062168172

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Color info

Lightness
46%
Saturation
47%
Hue
182°
Chroma
30
Temperature
WarmCool
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