Mountain Pine Color

#3b5257

Mountain Pine is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta

Inverse Color #c4ada8
Complementary Color #57403a
Color Shade: mid cyan (190.71° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 28.63% (better contrasting with white)
Mountain Pine Color Sample
Mountain Pine Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3b5257

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Mountain Pine Color. The Planet Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Far Away Grey (#2d383a) for more calm effect. Try Before the Storm as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#57403a is the best complementary color to Mountain Pine. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #3b5257 complementary color is Kabul, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Limed Spruce are #3a574e and #3a4357. Thus found on the left and right of #3b5257 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mineral Green and Oxford Blue colors as they work well with Mountain Pine.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mountain Pine palette consists of #574e3a and #573a43 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#57403a). Try Judge Gray and Eggplant colors in combination with #3b5257, 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 #3b5257 offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mountain Pine. Thus Hemlock and Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mountain Pine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kabul, Voodoo, and Tom Thumb split by 90° on the color wheel. #3b5257 square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green 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. Mountain Pine tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#57403a) and two others. The Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tom Thumb – 120° from the complementary Kabul. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #573a51 and #3a5740.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3b5257 is made of 26% red, 36% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Mountain Pine has a hue angle of 190.71°, a saturation of 19.18% and a lightness of 28.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3b5257 is made of 10.98% cyan, 1.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 65.88% black ink.

HEX #3b5257
RGB Decimal rgb(59,82,87)
RGB Percentage 26%, 36%, 38%
CMYK 10.98, 1.96, 0, 65.88
HSL hsl(190.71,19.18%,28.63%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(190.71,32.18%,34.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(33.2485,-7.3771,-5.7706)
XYZ xyz(6.5412,7.6525,10.1491)
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