Mythic Forest Color

#4a686c

Mythic Forest 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 #b59793
Complementary Color #6c4e4a
Color Shade: mid cyan (187.06° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 35.69% (better contrasting with white)
Mythic Forest Color Sample
Mythic Forest Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4a686c

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Mythic Forest Color. The Lunar Eclipse color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Aircraft Blue (#354f58) for more energetic effect. Try Descent to the Catacombs as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6c4e4a is the best complementary color to Mythic Forest. 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 #4a686c complementary color is Ferra, 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 Cutty Sark are #4a6c5f and #4a576c. Thus found on the left and right of #4a686c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Como and Fiord colors as they work well with Mythic Forest.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mythic Forest palette consists of #6c5f4a and #6c4a56 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6c4e4a). Try Tobacco Brown and Ferra colors in combination with #4a686c, 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 #4a686c 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 Mythic Forest. Thus Finch and Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mythic Forest contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ferra, Mulled Wine, and Axolotl split by 90° on the color wheel. #4a686c 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. Mythic Forest tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#6c4e4a) and two others. The Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Axolotl – 120° from the complementary Ferra. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6c4a68 and #4a6c4e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4a686c is made of 26% red, 36% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Mythic Forest has a hue angle of 187.06°, a saturation of 18.68% and a lightness of 35.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4a686c is made of 13.33% cyan, 1.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 57.65% black ink.

HEX #4a686c
RGB Decimal rgb(74,104,108)
RGB Percentage 26%, 36%, 38%
CMYK 13.33, 1.57, 0, 57.65
HSL hsl(187.06,18.68%,35.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(187.06,31.48%,42.35%)
CIE-LAB lab(41.9058,-9.8248,-5.7813)
XYZ xyz(10.4811,12.4392,16.0359)
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