Brooding Storm is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta
| Inverse Color | #a19291 |
| Complementary Color | #6e5f5e |
| Color Shade: | mid cyan (183.75° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 40% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Brooding Storm Color. The Green Hour color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Mako (#505555) for more calm effect. Try Moon Tide as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#6e5f5e is the best complementary color to Brooding Storm. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5e6d6e complementary color is Dorado, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Nevada are #5e6e67 and #5e656e. Thus found on the left and right of #5e6d6e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Corduroy and Shuttle Gray colors as they work well with Brooding Storm.
The split-complementary Brooding Storm palette consists of #6e675e and #6e5e64 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6e5f5e). Try Flint and Scorpion colors in combination with #5e6d6e, 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 #5e6d6e 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 Brooding Storm. Thus Kokoda and Old Lavender giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Brooding Storm contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dorado, Salt Box, and Willow Grove split by 90° on the color wheel. #5e6d6e square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Brooding Storm tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#6e5f5e) and two others. The Old Lavender is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Finlandia – 120° from the complementary Dorado. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6e5e6d and #5e6e5f.
In a RGB color space, hex #5e6d6e is made of 30% red, 35% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Brooding Storm has a hue angle of 183.75°, a saturation of 7.84% and a lightness of 40%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5e6d6e is made of 6.28% cyan, 0.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 56.86% black ink.
| HEX | #5e6d6e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(94,109,110) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 35%, 35% |
| CMYK | 6.28, 0.39, 0, 56.86 |
| HSL | hsl(183.75,7.84%,40%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(183.75,14.55%,43.14%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(44.8613,-5.3855,-2.464) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.8992,14.4428,16.8597) |