King Creek Falls 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 | #a09790 |
| Complementary Color | #6f665f |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (206.25° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 40.39% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to King Creek Falls Color. The Cascade Tour 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 Windy Seas (#667f8b) for more energetic effect. Try Atlantic Shoreline as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#6f665f is the best complementary color to King Creek Falls. 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 #5f686f complementary color is Flint, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #5f6f6e and #5f606f. Thus found on the left and right of #5f686f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Corduroy and Mid Gray colors as they work well with King Creek Falls.
The split-complementary King Creek Falls palette consists of #6f6e5f and #6f5f60 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6f665f). Try Kokoda and Scorpion colors in combination with #5f686f, 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 #5f686f 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 King Creek Falls. Thus Willow Grove and Scorpion giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of King Creek Falls contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Flint, Salt Box, and Willow Grove split by 90° on the color wheel. #5f686f square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. King Creek Falls tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#6f665f) 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 #6f5f68 and #5f6f66.
In a RGB color space, hex #5f686f is made of 31% red, 34% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode King Creek Falls has a hue angle of 206.25°, a saturation of 7.77% and a lightness of 40.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5f686f is made of 6.28% cyan, 2.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 56.47% black ink.
| HEX | #5f686f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(95,104,111) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 34%, 36% |
| CMYK | 6.28, 2.75, 0, 56.47 |
| HSL | hsl(206.25,7.77%,40.39%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(206.25,14.41%,43.53%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(43.4796,-1.8448,-5.1015) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.5389,13.4812,16.9802) |