Old-fashioned Brook until the Reaching

#3f696a RGB(63,105,106)

About this color

Old-fashioned Brook until the Reaching presents itself as a dark, moderate cyan shade, sitting at #3f696a in the 24-bit RGB space.

#3f696aRGB(63, 105, 106)

HSL 181° · 25% saturation · 33% 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

In practical terms, a dark cyan like this works well 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

In terms of colour combinations, 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 formats

Name
Old-fashioned Brook until the Reaching
HEX
#3f696a
RGB
rgb(63,105,106)
RGB%
rgb(24.7%,41.2%,41.6%)
HSL
hsl(181,25%,33%)
HSV
hsv(181,41%,42%)
CMYK
cmyk(41,1,0,58)
LAB
lab(42,-14,-5)
LCH
lch(42,15,200)
sRGB
(0.247,0.412,0.416)
HEX8
#3f696aff
CSS Name
Decimal
063105106

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Color info

Lightness
33%
Saturation
25%
Hue
181°
Chroma
15
Temperature
WarmCool
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