Nile Stone Color

#61c9c1

Nile Stone is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #9e363e
Complementary Color #c86168
Color Shade: warm cyan (175.38° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 58.43% (better contrasting with white)
Nile Stone Color Sample
Nile Stone Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #61c9c1

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Nile Stone Color. The Pearl Bay color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Valonia (#79c9d1) for more calm effect. Try White Ultramarine as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c86168 is the best complementary color to Nile Stone. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #61c9c1 complementary color is Chestnut Rose, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Downy are #61c88d and #619cc8. Thus found on the left and right of #61c9c1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Emerald and Danube colors as they work well with Nile Stone.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Nile Stone palette consists of #c88d61 and #c8619c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c86168). Try Antique Brass and Hopbush colors in combination with #61c9c1, 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 #61c9c1 offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Nile Stone. Thus Laser and Amethyst giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Nile Stone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chestnut Rose, Amethyst, and Celery split by 90° on the color wheel. #61c9c1 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow 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. Nile Stone tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#c86168) and two others. The Amethyst is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mantis – 120° from the complementary Chestnut Rose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c161c8 and #68c861.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #61c9c1 is made of 20% red, 41% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Nile Stone has a hue angle of 175.38°, a saturation of 49.06% and a lightness of 58.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #61c9c1 is made of 40.78% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.13% yellow and 21.18% black ink.

HEX #61c9c1
RGB Decimal rgb(97,201,193)
RGB Percentage 20%, 41%, 39%
CMYK 40.78, 0, 3.13, 21.18
HSL hsl(175.38,49.06%,58.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(175.38,51.74%,78.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.9288,-32.0499,-5.241)
XYZ xyz(35.442,48.1649,57.8808)
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