Country Lake Color

#5d7a85

Country Lake is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #a2857a
Complementary Color #85675c
Color Shade: cool cyan (196.5° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 44.31% (better contrasting with white)
Country Lake Color Sample
Country Lake Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5d7a85

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Country Lake Color. The Smalt Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Gunmetal (#536267) for more calm effect. Try Blackthorn Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#85675c is the best complementary color to Country Lake. 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 #5d7a85 complementary color is Cement, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Lynch are #5c857b and #5c6685. Thus found on the left and right of #5d7a85 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cutty Sark and Comet colors as they work well with Country Lake.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Country Lake palette consists of #857b5c and #855c65 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#85675c). Try Clay Creek and Falcon colors in combination with #5d7a85, 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 #5d7a85 offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Country Lake. Thus Flax Smoke and Strikemaster giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Country Lake contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cement, Trendy Pink, and Glade Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #5d7a85 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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. Country Lake tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#85675c) and two others. The Strikemaster is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Spring Leaves – 120° from the complementary Cement. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #855c79 and #5c8567.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5d7a85 is made of 27% red, 35% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Country Lake has a hue angle of 196.5°, a saturation of 17.7% and a lightness of 44.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5d7a85 is made of 15.69% cyan, 4.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.84% black ink.

HEX #5d7a85
RGB Decimal rgb(93,122,133)
RGB Percentage 27%, 35%, 38%
CMYK 15.69, 4.32, 0, 47.84
HSL hsl(196.5,17.7%,44.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(196.5,30.08%,52.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.4229,-7.6113,-9.384)
XYZ xyz(15.7074,17.9397,24.8251)
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