Ordinary Brook Since Keeping

#5a6d6c RGB(90,109,108)

About this color

Ordinary Brook Since Keeping occupies the medium-dark, muted end of the cyan spectrum, defined by its coordinates #5a6d6c — RGB(90, 109, 108).

#5a6d6cRGB(90, 109, 108)

HSL 177° · 10% saturation · 39% 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
Ordinary Brook Since Keeping
HEX
#5a6d6c
RGB
rgb(90,109,108)
RGB%
rgb(35.3%,42.7%,42.4%)
HSL
hsl(177,10%,39%)
HSV
hsv(177,17%,43%)
CMYK
cmyk(17,0,1,57)
LAB
lab(45,-7,-2)
LCH
lch(45,7,196)
sRGB
(0.353,0.427,0.424)
HEX8
#5a6d6cff
CSS Name
Decimal
090109108

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Color info

Lightness
39%
Saturation
10%
Hue
177°
Chroma
7
Temperature
WarmCool
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