Solid Brook upon the Kindling

#3b9171 RGB(59,145,113)

About this color

Solid Brook upon the Kindling is a moderate, medium-dark cyan tone, fixed at #3b9171 in the RGB color space.

#3b9171RGB(59, 145, 113)

HSL 158° · 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 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
Solid Brook upon the Kindling
HEX
#3b9171
RGB
rgb(59,145,113)
RGB%
rgb(23.1%,56.9%,44.3%)
HSL
hsl(158,42%,40%)
HSV
hsv(158,59%,57%)
CMYK
cmyk(59,0,22,43)
LAB
lab(54,-34,9)
LCH
lch(54,35,165)
sRGB
(0.231,0.569,0.443)
HEX8
#3b9171ff
CSS Name
Decimal
059145113

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Color info

Lightness
40%
Saturation
42%
Hue
158°
Chroma
35
Temperature
WarmCool
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