What the Reasonable Brook from Centering

#5f9e9f RGB(95,158,159)

About this color

What the Reasonable Brook from Centering is a moderate, medium cyan tone, fixed at #5f9e9f in the RGB color space.

#5f9e9fRGB(95, 158, 159)

HSL 181° · 25% 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 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
What the Reasonable Brook from Centering
HEX
#5f9e9f
RGB
rgb(95,158,159)
RGB%
rgb(37.3%,62%,62.4%)
HSL
hsl(181,25%,50%)
HSV
hsv(181,40%,62%)
CMYK
cmyk(40,1,0,38)
LAB
lab(61,-20,-7)
LCH
lch(61,21,199)
sRGB
(0.373,0.62,0.624)
HEX8
#5f9e9fff
CSS Name
Decimal
095158159

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Color info

Lightness
50%
Saturation
25%
Hue
181°
Chroma
21
Temperature
WarmCool
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