Nickel Ore Green Color

#537e7e

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

Inverse Color #ac8181
Complementary Color #7e5252
Color Shade: warm cyan (180° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 40.98% (better contrasting with white)
Nickel Ore Green Color Sample
Nickel Ore Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #537e7e

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Nickel Ore Green Color. The Star City color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Aquarius Reef Base (#559999) for more energetic effect. Try Tax Break as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7e5252 is the best complementary color to Nickel Ore Green. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #537e7e complementary color is Ferra, 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 Cutty Sark are #527e68 and #52687e. Thus found on the left and right of #537e7e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Como and Blue Bayoux colors as they work well with Nickel Ore Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Nickel Ore Green palette consists of #7e6852 and #7e5268 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7e5252). Try Shadow and Falcon colors in combination with #537e7e, 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 #537e7e 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 Nickel Ore Green. Thus Go Ben and Strikemaster giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Nickel Ore Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ferra, Smoky, and Dingley split by 90° on the color wheel. #537e7e square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, 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. Nickel Ore Green tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#7e5252) and two others. The Strikemaster is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hippie Green – 120° from the complementary Ferra. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7e527d and #527e52.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #537e7e is made of 25% red, 38% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Nickel Ore Green has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 20.57% and a lightness of 40.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #537e7e is made of 16.86% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.59% black ink.

HEX #537e7e
RGB Decimal rgb(83,126,126)
RGB Percentage 25%, 38%, 38%
CMYK 16.86, 0, 0, 50.59
HSL hsl(180,20.57%,40.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(180,34.13%,49.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.8184,-14.7412,-4.7351)
XYZ xyz(14.794,18.2671,22.4848)
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