Dark Seagreen Color

#666655

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

Inverse Color #99a
Complementary Color #556
Color Shade: warm yellow (60° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 36.67% (better contrasting with white)
Dark Seagreen Color Sample
Dark Seagreen Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #666655

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Dark Seagreen Color. The Ruskin Bronze color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Thurman (#7f7b60) for more energetic effect. Try Aceto Balsamico as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#556 is the best complementary color to Dark Seagreen. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #665 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #665d55 and #5d6655. Thus found on the left and right of #665 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pine Cone and Siam colors as they work well with Dark Seagreen.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dark Seagreen palette consists of #5d5566 and #555d66 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#556). Try Scarpa Flow and Shuttle Gray colors in combination with #665, 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 #665 offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Dark Seagreen. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dark Seagreen contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Nandor, and Zambezi split by 90° on the color wheel. #665 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and red magenta 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. Dark Seagreen tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#556) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #566 and #655.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #666655 is made of 35% red, 35% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Dark Seagreen has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 9.09% and a lightness of 36.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #666655 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.67% yellow and 60% black ink.

HEX #666655
RGB Decimal rgb(102,102,85)
RGB Percentage 35%, 35%, 29%
CMYK 0, 0, 6.67, 60
HSL hsl(60,9.09%,36.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(60,16.67%,40%)
CIE-LAB lab(42.7382,-3.2544,9.6316)
XYZ xyz(11.8706,12.9834,10.4747)
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