What Hewn Brook for Echoing

#8ea6b4 RGB(142,166,180)

About this color

What Hewn Brook for Echoing is rendered by screens as RGB(142, 166, 180) — a medium, muted blue hue.

#8ea6b4RGB(142, 166, 180)

HSL 202° · 20% saturation · 63% lightness

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Psychology

Blue at medium lightness is the colour of trust and communication — widely associated with stability, focus, and honesty.

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History

Blue has been among the most valued pigments throughout history — ultramarine, ground from lapis lazuli, was once worth more than gold and reserved for the robes of the Virgin Mary in medieval painting.

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Design use

This shade sits in a versatile middle ground — useful 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

When it comes to colour harmony, complement this blue with amber and warm orange for high-contrast energy, or stay within blue-green and violet neighbours for a serene, cohesive feel.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
What Hewn Brook for Echoing
HEX
#8ea6b4
RGB
rgb(142,166,180)
RGB%
rgb(55.7%,65.1%,70.6%)
HSL
hsl(202,20%,63%)
HSV
hsv(202,21%,71%)
CMYK
cmyk(21,8,0,29)
LAB
lab(67,-5,-10)
LCH
lch(67,11,243)
sRGB
(0.557,0.651,0.706)
HEX8
#8ea6b4ff
CSS Name
Decimal
142166180

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Color info

Lightness
63%
Saturation
20%
Hue
202°
Chroma
11
Temperature
WarmCool
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