Mountain Pass is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, cool yellow or cool magenta
| Inverse Color | #a39595 |
| Complementary Color | #6a5c5c |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (180° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 38.82% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Mountain Pass Color. The Edward 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 Teal Stencil (#627f7b) for more energetic effect. Try Trumpet Teal as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#6a5c5c is the best complementary color to Mountain Pass. 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 #5c6a6a complementary color is Zambezi, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Corduroy are #5c6a63 and #5c636a. Thus found on the left and right of #5c6a6a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Corduroy and Shuttle Gray colors as they work well with Mountain Pass.
The split-complementary Mountain Pass palette consists of #6a635c and #6a5c63 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6a5c5c). Try Flint and Scorpion colors in combination with #5c6a6a, 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 #5c6a6a offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mountain Pass. Thus Kokoda and Old Lavender giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Mountain Pass contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Zambezi, Salt Box, and Willow Grove split by 90° on the color wheel. #5c6a6a square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, mid red and cool yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Mountain Pass tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#6a5c5c) and two others. The Old Lavender is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Finlandia – 120° from the complementary Zambezi. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6a5c6a and #5c6a5c.
In a RGB color space, hex #5c6a6a is made of 30% red, 35% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Mountain Pass has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 7.07% and a lightness of 38.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5c6a6a is made of 5.49% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 58.43% black ink.
| HEX | #5c6a6a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(92,106,106) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 35%, 35% |
| CMYK | 5.49, 0, 0, 58.43 |
| HSL | hsl(180,7.07%,38.82%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(180,13.21%,41.57%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(43.6888,-5.2731,-1.7949) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.1692,13.624,15.624) |