Carter's Scroll is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta
| Inverse Color | #bfa687 |
| Complementary Color | #785f40 |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (213.21° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 36.08% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Carter's Scroll Color. The Arrowhead Lake color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Clean Slate (#577396) for more calm effect. Try Yawl as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#785f40 is the best complementary color to Carter's Scroll. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #405978 complementary color is Yellow Metal, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of East Bay are #407578 and #424078. Thus found on the left and right of #405978 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Faded Jade and East Bay colors as they work well with Carter's Scroll.
The split-complementary Carter's Scroll palette consists of #757840 and #784340 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#785f40). Try Yellow Metal and Spicy Mix colors in combination with #405978, 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 #405978 offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Carter's Scroll. Thus Fern Green and Cosmic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Carter's Scroll contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Yellow Metal, Cosmic, and Fern Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #405978 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Carter's Scroll tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#785f40) and two others. The Cosmic is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Amazon – 120° from the complementary Yellow Metal. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #784058 and #40785f.
In a RGB color space, hex #405978 is made of 23% red, 33% green and 44% blue. In a HSL mode Carter's Scroll has a hue angle of 213.21°, a saturation of 30.43% and a lightness of 36.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #405978 is made of 21.96% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 52.94% black ink.
| HEX | #405978 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(64,89,120) |
| RGB Percentage | 23%, 33%, 44% |
| CMYK | 21.96, 12.16, 0, 52.94 |
| HSL | hsl(213.21,30.43%,36.08%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(213.21,46.67%,47.06%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(37.0978,-0.3259,-20.4921) |
| XYZ | xyz(9.0769,9.5908,19.1421) |