Fern Flower is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or red magenta
| Inverse Color | #a89582 |
| Complementary Color | #7d6956 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (210° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 41.57% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Fern Flower Color. The Country Sky color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Gilneas Grey (#6c8396) for more calm effect. Try Oyster Bay as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#7d6956 is the best complementary color to Fern Flower. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #576a7d complementary color is Shadow, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Blue Bayoux are #567c7d and #56567d. Thus found on the left and right of #576a7d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cutty Sark and Comet colors as they work well with Fern Flower.
The split-complementary Fern Flower palette consists of #7c7d56 and #7d5656 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7d6956). Try Go Ben and Russett colors in combination with #576a7d, 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 #576a7d 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 Fern Flower. Thus Willow Grove and Falcon giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Fern Flower contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shadow, Strikemaster, and Glade Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #576a7d square combo is a palette of cool cyan, mid magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Fern Flower tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#7d6956) and two others. The Falcon is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Como – 120° from the complementary Shadow. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7d5669 and #567d69.
In a RGB color space, hex #576a7d is made of 27% red, 33% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Fern Flower has a hue angle of 210°, a saturation of 17.92% and a lightness of 41.57%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #576a7d is made of 14.9% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.98% black ink.
| HEX | #576a7d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(87,106,125) |
| RGB Percentage | 27%, 33%, 39% |
| CMYK | 14.9, 7.45, 0, 50.98 |
| HSL | hsl(210,17.92%,41.57%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(210,30.4%,49.02%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(43.9664,-2.2808,-12.8826) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.7862,13.815,21.3947) |