What Shaped Brook out Pausing

#538a74 RGB(83,138,116)

About this color

What Shaped Brook out Pausing carries its coordinates at #538a74: a medium-dark cyan with moderate saturation.

#538a74RGB(83, 138, 116)

HSL 156° · 25% saturation · 43% 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 interactive elements, tags, badges, and highlight states. It has enough saturation to register clearly without straining extended-reading contexts.

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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
What Shaped Brook out Pausing
HEX
#538a74
RGB
rgb(83,138,116)
RGB%
rgb(32.5%,54.1%,45.5%)
HSL
hsl(156,25%,43%)
HSV
hsv(156,40%,54%)
CMYK
cmyk(40,0,16,46)
LAB
lab(53,-24,6)
LCH
lch(53,25,166)
sRGB
(0.325,0.541,0.455)
HEX8
#538a74ff
CSS Name
Decimal
083138116

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Color info

Lightness
43%
Saturation
25%
Hue
156°
Chroma
25
Temperature
WarmCool
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