Venus Mist is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or mid red
| Inverse Color | #a09f91 |
| Complementary Color | #6e6d5f |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (236° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 40.2% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Venus Mist Color. The Stormy Mauve color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Chinaberry (#464960) for more energetic effect. Try Brewing Storm as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6e6d5f is the best complementary color to Venus Mist. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5f606e complementary color is Flint, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Mid Gray are #5f676e and #655f6e. Thus found on the left and right of #5f606e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Shuttle Gray and Salt Box colors as they work well with Venus Mist.
The split-complementary Venus Mist palette consists of #676e5f and #6e655f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6e6d5f). Try Willow Grove and Flint colors in combination with #5f606e, 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 #5f606e offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Venus Mist. Thus Willow Grove and Scorpion giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Venus Mist contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Flint, Scorpion, and Corduroy split by 90° on the color wheel. #5f606e square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Venus Mist tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#6e6d5f) and two others. The Scorpion is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Corduroy – 120° from the complementary Flint. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6e5f5f and #5f6e6d.
In a RGB color space, hex #5f606e is made of 32% red, 32% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Venus Mist has a hue angle of 236°, a saturation of 7.32% and a lightness of 40.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5f606e is made of 5.89% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 56.86% black ink.
| HEX | #5f606e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(95,96,110) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 32%, 37% |
| CMYK | 5.89, 5.49, 0, 56.86 |
| HSL | hsl(236,7.32%,40.2%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(236,13.64%,43.14%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(41.0958,2.7404,-8.0489) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.7167,11.9244,16.436) |