Rock Creek is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta
| Inverse Color | #977f7d |
| Complementary Color | #826968 |
| Color Shade: | mid cyan (184.62° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 45.88% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Rock Creek Color. The Great Fennel Flower color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Palmetto (#6d9a9b) for more energetic effect. Try Le Luxe as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#826968 is the best complementary color to Rock Creek. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #688082 complementary color is Spicy Pink, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Sirocco are #688276 and #687382. Thus found on the left and right of #688082 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Viridian Green and Pale Sky colors as they work well with Rock Creek.
The split-complementary Rock Creek palette consists of #827668 and #826873 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#826968). Try Makara and Falcon colors in combination with #688082, 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 #688082 offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Rock Creek. Thus Flax Smoke and Old Lavender giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Rock Creek contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spicy Pink, Rum, and Camouflage Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #688082 square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Rock Creek tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#826968) and two others. The Old Lavender is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Glade Green – 120° from the complementary Spicy Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #826880 and #688269.
In a RGB color space, hex #688082 is made of 29% red, 35% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Rock Creek has a hue angle of 184.62°, a saturation of 11.11% and a lightness of 45.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #688082 is made of 10.2% cyan, 0.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 49.02% black ink.
| HEX | #688082 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(104,128,130) |
| RGB Percentage | 29%, 35%, 36% |
| CMYK | 10.2, 0.78, 0, 49.02 |
| HSL | hsl(184.62,11.11%,45.88%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(184.62,20%,50.98%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(51.8294,-8.1512,-3.9631) |
| XYZ | xyz(17.4574,19.9931,24.058) |