Nouveau Color

#686f7e

Nouveau is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #979081
Complementary Color #7e7767
Color Shade: blue cyan (220.91° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 45.1% (better contrasting with white)
Nouveau Color Sample
Nouveau Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #686f7e

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Nouveau Color. The Victorian Pewter color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Mission Control (#818387) for more calm effect. Try Hormagaunt Purple as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#7e7767 is the best complementary color to Nouveau. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #686f7e complementary color is Pablo, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Pale Sky are #677a7e and #6b677e. Thus found on the left and right of #686f7e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sirocco and Dolphin colors as they work well with Nouveau.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Nouveau palette consists of #7a7e67 and #7e6b67 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7e7767). Try Flax Smoke and Sand Dune colors in combination with #686f7e, 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 #686f7e offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Nouveau. Thus Camouflage Green and Falcon giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Nouveau contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pablo, Old Lavender, and Xanadu split by 90° on the color wheel. #686f7e square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Nouveau tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#7e7767) and two others. The Falcon is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blue Smoke – 120° from the complementary Pablo. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7e676f and #677e77.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #686f7e is made of 30% red, 33% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Nouveau has a hue angle of 220.91°, a saturation of 9.57% and a lightness of 45.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #686f7e is made of 8.63% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.59% black ink.

HEX #686f7e
RGB Decimal rgb(104,111,126)
RGB Percentage 30%, 33%, 37%
CMYK 8.63, 5.88, 0, 50.59
HSL hsl(220.91,9.57%,45.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(220.91,17.46%,49.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.7352,0.744,-9.1826)
XYZ xyz(15.1593,15.8183,21.9929)
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