Long Lake 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 | #978a81 |
Complementary Color | #7e7167 |
Color Shade: | cool cyan (204.55° hue) |
Color Temperature: | cool |
Lightness: | 45.1% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Long Lake Color. The Spirit Mountain color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Titanium Grey (#545b62) for more calm effect. Try Sidewalk Grey as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#7e7167 is the best complementary color to Long Lake. 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 #68757e complementary color is Sandstone, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Pale Sky are #677e7c and #67697e. Thus found on the left and right of #68757e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sirocco and Dolphin colors as they work well with Long Lake.
The split-complementary Long Lake palette consists of #7e7c67 and #7e6769 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7e7167). Try Bandicoot and Spicy Pink colors in combination with #68757e, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #68757e 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 Long Lake. Thus Limed Ash and Falcon giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Long Lake contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sandstone, Rum, and Willow Grove split by 90° on the color wheel. #68757e square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Long Lake tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#7e7167) and two others. The Falcon is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Viridian Green – 120° from the complementary Sandstone. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7e6774 and #677e71.
In a RGB color space, hex #68757e is made of 30% red, 34% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Long Lake has a hue angle of 204.55°, a saturation of 9.57% and a lightness of 45.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #68757e is made of 8.63% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.59% black ink.
HEX | #68757e |
RGB Decimal | rgb(104,117,126) |
RGB Percentage | 30%, 34%, 36% |
CMYK | 8.63, 3.53, 0, 50.59 |
HSL | hsl(204.55,9.57%,45.1%) |
HSV (or HSB) | hsv(204.55,17.46%,49.41%) |
CIE-LAB | lab(48.476,-2.7826,-6.5811) |
XYZ | xyz(15.8361,17.172,22.2185) |