Artistic Stone Color

#5c6b65

Artistic Stone is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet

Inverse Color #a3949a
Complementary Color #6b5c61
Color Shade: green cyan (156° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 39.02% (better contrasting with white)
Artistic Stone Color Sample
Artistic Stone Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5c6b65

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Artistic Stone Color. The Hanging Moss color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Trellis Vine (#5d7f74) for more energetic effect. Try New Forest as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6b5c61 is the best complementary color to Artistic Stone. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5c6b65 complementary color is Scorpion, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Corduroy are #5c6b5d and #5c696b. Thus found on the left and right of #5c6b65 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Finlandia and Nevada colors as they work well with Artistic Stone.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Artistic Stone palette consists of #6b5d5c and #6b5c69 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6b5c61). Try Dorado and Old Lavender colors in combination with #5c6b65, 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 #5c6b65 offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Artistic Stone. Thus Flint and Salt Box giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Artistic Stone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Scorpion, Mid Gray, and Kokoda split by 90° on the color wheel. #5c6b65 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid yellow 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. Artistic Stone tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#6b5c61) and two others. The Salt Box is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Willow Grove – 120° from the complementary Scorpion. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #655c6b and #626b5c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5c6b65 is made of 31% red, 36% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Artistic Stone has a hue angle of 156°, a saturation of 7.54% and a lightness of 39.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5c6b65 is made of 5.88% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.35% yellow and 58.04% black ink.

HEX #5c6b65
RGB Decimal rgb(92,107,101)
RGB Percentage 31%, 36%, 34%
CMYK 5.88, 0, 2.35, 58.04
HSL hsl(156,7.54%,39.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(156,14.02%,41.96%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.8436,-6.9726,1.4497)
XYZ xyz(12.0203,13.7303,14.3286)
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