The Calm Brook into Embedding

#4f6560 RGB(79,101,96)

About this color

The Calm Brook into Embedding is rendered by screens as RGB(79, 101, 96) — a medium-dark, muted cyan hue.

#4f6560RGB(79, 101, 96)

HSL 166° · 12% saturation · 35% 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 formats

Name
The Calm Brook into Embedding
HEX
#4f6560
RGB
rgb(79,101,96)
RGB%
rgb(31%,39.6%,37.6%)
HSL
hsl(166,12%,35%)
HSV
hsv(166,22%,40%)
CMYK
cmyk(22,0,5,60)
LAB
lab(41,-9,0)
LCH
lch(41,9,180)
sRGB
(0.31,0.396,0.376)
HEX8
#4f6560ff
CSS Name
Decimal
079101096

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Color info

Lightness
35%
Saturation
12%
Hue
166°
Chroma
9
Temperature
WarmCool
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