What Quiet Brook despite Keeping

#4e6764 RGB(78,103,100)

About this color

What Quiet Brook despite Keeping settles into a medium-dark cyan territory with a muted quality that feels cool — captured at #4e6764, RGB(78, 103, 100).

#4e6764RGB(78, 103, 100)

HSL 173° · 14% saturation · 35% lightness

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Psychology

In deeper registers cyan reads as focused and efficient — a colour of systems and clarity.

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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

From a design perspective, this shade excels as a primary background in dark themes, a strong border or divider, or a headline colour against a light surface. Combine with lighter tints of the same hue for a cohesive palette.

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Colour pairings

Looking at colour relationships, 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
What Quiet Brook despite Keeping
HEX
#4e6764
RGB
rgb(78,103,100)
RGB%
rgb(30.6%,40.4%,39.2%)
HSL
hsl(173,14%,35%)
HSV
hsv(173,24%,40%)
CMYK
cmyk(24,0,3,60)
LAB
lab(42,-10,-1)
LCH
lch(42,10,186)
sRGB
(0.306,0.404,0.392)
HEX8
#4e6764ff
CSS Name
Decimal
078103100

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Color info

Lightness
35%
Saturation
14%
Hue
173°
Chroma
10
Temperature
WarmCool
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