When the Sustained Brook opposite Returning

#3d9bb8 RGB(61,155,184)

About this color

When the Sustained Brook opposite Returning carries its coordinates at #3d9bb8: a medium-dark cyan with vivid saturation.

#3d9bb8RGB(61, 155, 184)

HSL 194° · 50% saturation · 48% 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
When the Sustained Brook opposite Returning
HEX
#3d9bb8
RGB
rgb(61,155,184)
RGB%
rgb(23.9%,60.8%,72.2%)
HSL
hsl(194,50%,48%)
HSV
hsv(194,67%,72%)
CMYK
cmyk(67,16,0,28)
LAB
lab(60,-18,-23)
LCH
lch(60,29,232)
sRGB
(0.239,0.608,0.722)
HEX8
#3d9bb8ff
CSS Name
Decimal
061155184

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Color info

Lightness
48%
Saturation
50%
Hue
194°
Chroma
29
Temperature
WarmCool
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