Piney Lake is calm, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta
| Inverse Color | #f9a |
| Complementary Color | #601 |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (170° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 20% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Piney Lake Color. The Surfie Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Tropical Forest (#024a43) for more calm effect. Try Deep Sea as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#601 is the best complementary color to Piney Lake. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #065 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #006621 and #046. Thus found on the left and right of #065 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Camarone and White colors as they work well with Piney Lake.
The split-complementary Piney Lake palette consists of #662100 and #660043 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#601). Try Cedar Wood Finish and Pompadour colors in combination with #065, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #065 offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Piney Lake. Thus Nutmeg Wood Finish and Ripe Plum giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Piney Lake contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #065 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Piney Lake tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#601) and two others. The Ripe Plum is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #540066 and #160.
In a RGB color space, hex #006655 is made of 0% red, 55% green and 45% blue. In a HSL mode Piney Lake has a hue angle of 170°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 20%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #006655 is made of 40% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.67% yellow and 60% black ink.
| HEX | #006655 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(0,102,85) |
| RGB Percentage | 0%, 55%, 45% |
| CMYK | 40, 0, 6.67, 60 |
| HSL | hsl(170,100%,20%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(170,100%,40%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(38.1256,-29.9794,2.4328) |
| XYZ | xyz(6.3911,10.1586,10.2183) |