Dying Moss Color

#669c7d

Dying Moss is pale, warm-toned shade of cool green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm magenta, warm yellow or warm blue

Inverse Color #996382
Complementary Color #9b6684
Color Shade: cool green (145.56° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50.59% (better contrasting with white)
Dying Moss Color Sample
Dying Moss Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #669c7d

If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Dying Moss Color. The Garland color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Wintessa (#8ba494) for more calm effect. Try Jadite as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9b6684 is the best complementary color to Dying Moss. Warm magenta shades generally complement the cool green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #669c7d complementary color is Strikemaster, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and warm cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Oxley are #699b66 and #669b97. Thus found on the left and right of #669c7d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Highland and Patina colors as they work well with Dying Moss.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dying Moss palette consists of #9b6669 and #98669b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9b6684). Try Copper Rose and Trendy Pink colors in combination with #669c7d, 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 #669c7d offers a combination of warm red and warm blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Dying Moss. Thus Toast and Kimberly giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dying Moss contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Strikemaster, Kimberly, and Avocado split by 90° on the color wheel. #669c7d square combo is a palette of cool green, cool blue, warm magenta and warm 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. Dying Moss tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#9b6684) and two others. The Kimberly is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Asparagus – 120° from the complementary Strikemaster. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7c669b and #849b66.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #669c7d is made of 27% red, 41% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Dying Moss has a hue angle of 145.56°, a saturation of 21.43% and a lightness of 50.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #669c7d is made of 21.18% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.16% yellow and 38.82% black ink.

HEX #669c7d
RGB Decimal rgb(102,156,125)
RGB Percentage 27%, 41%, 33%
CMYK 21.18, 0, 12.16, 38.82
HSL hsl(145.56,21.43%,50.59%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(145.56,34.62%,61.18%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.9631,-24.8221,10.643)
XYZ xyz(21.0696,28.0824,23.712)
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