Sagacious Brook for Knitting

#3b9076 RGB(59,144,118)

About this color

Sagacious Brook for Knitting carries its coordinates at #3b9076: a medium-dark cyan with moderate saturation.

#3b9076RGB(59, 144, 118)

HSL 162° · 42% 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
Sagacious Brook for Knitting
HEX
#3b9076
RGB
rgb(59,144,118)
RGB%
rgb(23.1%,56.5%,46.3%)
HSL
hsl(162,42%,40%)
HSV
hsv(162,59%,56%)
CMYK
cmyk(59,0,18,44)
LAB
lab(54,-32,6)
LCH
lch(54,33,169)
sRGB
(0.231,0.565,0.463)
HEX8
#3b9076ff
CSS Name
Decimal
059144118

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Color info

Lightness
40%
Saturation
42%
Hue
162°
Chroma
33
Temperature
WarmCool
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