Winter Harbor Color

#5e737d

Winter Harbor 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 #a18c82
Complementary Color #7d685e
Color Shade: cool cyan (199.35° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 42.94% (better contrasting with white)
Winter Harbor Color Sample
Winter Harbor Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5e737d

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Winter Harbor Color. The China Clay color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Winter Lake (#698b9c) for more energetic effect. Try Shaker Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7d685e is the best complementary color to Winter Harbor. 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 #5e737d complementary color is Sand Dune, 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 Nevada are #5e7d77 and #5e637d. Thus found on the left and right of #5e737d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cutty Sark and Comet colors as they work well with Winter Harbor.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Winter Harbor palette consists of #7d775e and #7d5e63 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7d685e). Try Crocodile and Falcon colors in combination with #5e737d, 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 #5e737d 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 Winter Harbor. Thus Limed Ash and Falcon giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Winter Harbor contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sand Dune, Rum, and Glade Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #5e737d 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. Winter Harbor tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#7d685e) and two others. The Falcon is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Spring Leaves – 120° from the complementary Sand Dune. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7d5e72 and #5e7d68.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5e737d is made of 28% red, 34% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Winter Harbor has a hue angle of 199.35°, a saturation of 14.16% and a lightness of 42.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5e737d is made of 12.16% cyan, 3.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.98% black ink.

HEX #5e737d
RGB Decimal rgb(94,115,125)
RGB Percentage 28%, 34%, 37%
CMYK 12.16, 3.92, 0, 50.98
HSL hsl(199.35,14.16%,42.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(199.35,24.8%,49.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.1339,-5.2804,-8.0657)
XYZ xyz(14.4485,16.1218,21.7523)
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