When the Old-fashioned Brook despite Toiling

#42bd88 RGB(66,189,136)

About this color

When the Old-fashioned Brook despite Toiling is a moderate, medium cyan tone, fixed at #42bd88 in the RGB color space.

#42bd88RGB(66, 189, 136)

HSL 154° · 48% saturation · 50% 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
When the Old-fashioned Brook despite Toiling
HEX
#42bd88
RGB
rgb(66,189,136)
RGB%
rgb(25.9%,74.1%,53.3%)
HSL
hsl(154,48%,50%)
HSV
hsv(154,65%,74%)
CMYK
cmyk(65,0,28,26)
LAB
lab(69,-46,17)
LCH
lch(69,49,160)
sRGB
(0.259,0.741,0.533)
HEX8
#42bd88ff
CSS Name
Decimal
066189136

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Color info

Lightness
50%
Saturation
48%
Hue
154°
Chroma
49
Temperature
WarmCool
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