Wall Street Color

#656d73

Wall Street 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 #9a928c
Complementary Color #736b65
Color Shade: cool cyan (205.71° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 42.35% (better contrasting with white)
Wall Street Color Sample
Wall Street Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #656d73

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Wall Street Color. The Software color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Blustery Sky (#6f848c) for more energetic effect. Try Evening Cityscape as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#736b65 is the best complementary color to Wall Street. 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 #656d73 complementary color is Flint, 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 #657372 and #656573. Thus found on the left and right of #656d73 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Corduroy and Mid Gray colors as they work well with Wall Street.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wall Street palette consists of #737265 and #736565 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#736b65). Try Flint and Dove Gray colors in combination with #656d73, 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 #656d73 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 Wall Street. Thus Limed Ash and Scorpion giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wall Street contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Flint, Salt Box, and Willow Grove split by 90° on the color wheel. #656d73 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. Wall Street tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#736b65) 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 #73656c and #65736b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #656d73 is made of 31% red, 34% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Wall Street has a hue angle of 205.71°, a saturation of 6.48% and a lightness of 42.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #656d73 is made of 5.49% cyan, 2.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 54.9% black ink.

HEX #656d73
RGB Decimal rgb(101,109,115)
RGB Percentage 31%, 34%, 35%
CMYK 5.49, 2.35, 0, 54.9
HSL hsl(205.71,6.48%,42.35%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(205.71,12.17%,45.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.5544,-1.7031,-4.3837)
XYZ xyz(13.93,14.9418,18.3695)
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