Smoke Pine Color

#3e6257

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

Inverse Color #c19da8
Complementary Color #623d48
Color Shade: green cyan (161.67° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 31.37% (better contrasting with white)
Smoke Pine Color Sample
Smoke Pine Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3e6257

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Smoke Pine Color. The Kendal Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Garnet Black Green (#354a41) for more calm effect. Try Rich Grey Turquoise as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#623d48 is the best complementary color to Smoke Pine. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #3e6257 complementary color is Eggplant, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Mineral Green are #3d6245 and #3d5a62. Thus found on the left and right of #3e6257 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Killarney and Fiord colors as they work well with Smoke Pine.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Smoke Pine palette consists of #62453d and #623d5a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#623d48). Try Kabul and Eggplant colors in combination with #3e6257, 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 #3e6257 offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Smoke Pine. Thus Hemlock and Voodoo giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Smoke Pine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Eggplant, Mulled Wine, and Hemlock split by 90° on the color wheel. #3e6257 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid 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. Smoke Pine tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#623d48) and two others. The Voodoo is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tom Thumb – 120° from the complementary Eggplant. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #563d62 and #49623d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3e6257 is made of 25% red, 40% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Smoke Pine has a hue angle of 161.67°, a saturation of 22.5% and a lightness of 31.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3e6257 is made of 14.12% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.31% yellow and 61.57% black ink.

HEX #3e6257
RGB Decimal rgb(62,98,87)
RGB Percentage 25%, 40%, 35%
CMYK 14.12, 0, 4.31, 61.57
HSL hsl(161.67,22.5%,31.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(161.67,36.73%,38.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.6341,-15.6903,2.1689)
XYZ xyz(8.0746,10.4476,10.6078)
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