The Distant Brook before Filling

#79968b RGB(121,150,139)

About this color

The Distant Brook before Filling is a muted, medium cyan tone, fixed at #79968b in the RGB color space.

#79968bRGB(121, 150, 139)

HSL 157° · 12% saturation · 53% 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 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 formats

Name
The Distant Brook before Filling
HEX
#79968b
RGB
rgb(121,150,139)
RGB%
rgb(47.5%,58.8%,54.5%)
HSL
hsl(157,12%,53%)
HSV
hsv(157,19%,59%)
CMYK
cmyk(19,0,7,41)
LAB
lab(60,-12,2)
LCH
lch(60,12,171)
sRGB
(0.475,0.588,0.545)
HEX8
#79968bff
CSS Name
Decimal
121150139

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Color info

Lightness
53%
Saturation
12%
Hue
157°
Chroma
12
Temperature
WarmCool
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