Soft Touch Color

#639b95

Soft Touch 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 #9c646a
Complementary Color #9b6269
Color Shade: warm cyan (173.57° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 49.8% (better contrasting with white)
Soft Touch Color Sample
Soft Touch Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #639b95

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Soft Touch Color. The Overgrown Trellis color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Lenticular Ore (#6fb5a8) for more energetic effect. Try Granny Smith as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9b6269 is the best complementary color to Soft Touch. 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 #639b95 complementary color is Copper 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 Patina are #629b79 and #62849b. Thus found on the left and right of #639b95 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Aqua Forest and Hoki colors as they work well with Soft Touch.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Soft Touch palette consists of #9b7962 and #9b6284 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9b6269). Try Toast and Strikemaster colors in combination with #639b95, 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 #639b95 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 Soft Touch. Thus Clay Creek and Trendy Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Soft Touch contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Copper Rose, Kimberly, and Asparagus split by 90° on the color wheel. #639b95 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. Soft Touch tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#9b6269) and two others. The Trendy Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Highland – 120° from the complementary Copper Rose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #94629b and #689b62.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #639b95 is made of 25% red, 38% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Soft Touch has a hue angle of 173.57°, a saturation of 22.05% and a lightness of 49.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #639b95 is made of 21.96% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.35% yellow and 39.22% black ink.

HEX #639b95
RGB Decimal rgb(99,155,149)
RGB Percentage 25%, 38%, 37%
CMYK 21.96, 0, 2.35, 39.22
HSL hsl(173.57,22.05%,49.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(173.57,36.13%,60.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(60.1276,-19.7902,-2.6999)
XYZ xyz(22.2918,28.2653,32.7146)
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