Aspen Valley Color

#687f7a

Aspen Valley is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or violet

Inverse Color #978085
Complementary Color #7f686c
Color Shade: warm cyan (166.96° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 45.29% (better contrasting with white)
Aspen Valley Color Sample
Aspen Valley Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #687f7a

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Aspen Valley Color. The Gunsmoke color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Brooklyn (#586766) for more calm effect. Try Balsam Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7f686c is the best complementary color to Aspen Valley. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #687f7a complementary color is Spicy Pink, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Sirocco are #687f6e and #68787f. Thus found on the left and right of #687f7a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Xanadu and Pale Sky colors as they work well with Aspen Valley.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Aspen Valley palette consists of #7f6e68 and #7f6878 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7f686c). Try Sand Dune and Old Lavender colors in combination with #687f7a, 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 #687f7a offers a combination of warm yellow and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Aspen Valley. Thus Pablo and Rum giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Aspen Valley contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spicy Pink, Dolphin, and Limed Ash split by 90° on the color wheel. #687f7a square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool 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. Aspen Valley tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#7f686c) and two others. The Rum is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Camouflage Green – 120° from the complementary Spicy Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #79687f and #6d7f68.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #687f7a is made of 29% red, 36% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Aspen Valley has a hue angle of 166.96°, a saturation of 9.96% and a lightness of 45.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #687f7a is made of 9.02% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.96% yellow and 50.2% black ink.

HEX #687f7a
RGB Decimal rgb(104,127,122)
RGB Percentage 29%, 36%, 35%
CMYK 9.02, 0, 1.96, 50.2
HSL hsl(166.96,9.96%,45.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(166.96,18.11%,49.8%)
CIE-LAB lab(51.2981,-9.4121,-0.0616)
XYZ xyz(16.8111,19.5269,21.2954)
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