What the Toasted Brook into Forming

#5d6f6f RGB(93,111,111)

About this color

What the Toasted Brook into Forming is a muted, medium-dark cyan tone, fixed at #5d6f6f in the RGB color space.

#5d6f6fRGB(93, 111, 111)

HSL 180° · 9% saturation · 40% 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 brand accents, data visualisation series, and illustrative elements. Its middle lightness gives it presence on both white and dark backgrounds.

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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 formats

Name
What the Toasted Brook into Forming
HEX
#5d6f6f
RGB
rgb(93,111,111)
RGB%
rgb(36.5%,43.5%,43.5%)
HSL
hsl(180,9%,40%)
HSV
hsv(180,16%,44%)
CMYK
cmyk(16,0,0,56)
LAB
lab(45,-7,-2)
LCH
lch(45,7,196)
sRGB
(0.365,0.435,0.435)
HEX8
#5d6f6fff
CSS Name
Decimal
093111111

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Color info

Lightness
40%
Saturation
9%
Hue
180°
Chroma
7
Temperature
WarmCool
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