Alliance Color

#2b655f

Alliance is pale, 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 #d49aa0
Complementary Color #652b30
Color Shade: warm cyan (173.79° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 28.24% (better contrasting with white)
Alliance Color Sample
Alliance Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #2b655f

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Alliance Color. The Blackboard Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Seagrass Green (#264e50) for more calm effect. Try Dancing Crocodiles as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#652b30 is the best complementary color to Alliance. 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 #2b655f complementary color is Buccaneer, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Casal are #2b6542 and #2b4d65. Thus found on the left and right of #2b655f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Killarney and San Juan colors as they work well with Alliance.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Alliance palette consists of #65422b and #652b4d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#652b30). Try Spice and Finn colors in combination with #2b655f, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #2b655f 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 Alliance. Thus Costa Del Sol and Bossanova giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Alliance contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Buccaneer, Jacarta, and Woodland split by 90° on the color wheel. #2b655f square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Alliance tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#652b30) and two others. The Bossanova is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Killarney – 120° from the complementary Buccaneer. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5e2b65 and #31652b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #2b655f is made of 18% red, 42% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Alliance has a hue angle of 173.79°, a saturation of 40.28% and a lightness of 28.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #2b655f is made of 22.75% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.36% yellow and 60.39% black ink.

HEX #2b655f
RGB Decimal rgb(43,101,95)
RGB Percentage 18%, 42%, 40%
CMYK 22.75, 0, 2.36, 60.39
HSL hsl(173.79,40.28%,28.24%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(173.79,57.43%,39.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.9798,-20.488,-2.3454)
XYZ xyz(7.7155,10.6472,12.4749)
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