Ebbing Tide is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta
| Inverse Color | #977275 |
| Complementary Color | #8d686a |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (175.14° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 48.04% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Ebbing Tide Color. The Boredom color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Evening Fog (#8c9997) for more calm effect. Try Atmospheric as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#8d686a is the best complementary color to Ebbing Tide. 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 #688d8a complementary color is Opium, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Juniper are #688d77 and #687d8d. Thus found on the left and right of #688d8a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Viridian Green and Slate Gray colors as they work well with Ebbing Tide.
The split-complementary Ebbing Tide palette consists of #8d7768 and #8d687d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8d686a). Try Cement and Strikemaster colors in combination with #688d8a, 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 #688d8a offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Ebbing Tide. Thus Avocado and Trendy Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Ebbing Tide contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Opium, Rum, and Camouflage Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #688d8a square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Ebbing Tide tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#8d686a) and two others. The Trendy Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Highland – 120° from the complementary Opium. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8a688d and #6b8d68.
In a RGB color space, hex #688d8a is made of 27% red, 37% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Ebbing Tide has a hue angle of 175.14°, a saturation of 15.1% and a lightness of 48.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #688d8a is made of 14.51% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.17% yellow and 44.71% black ink.
| HEX | #688d8a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(104,141,138) |
| RGB Percentage | 27%, 37%, 36% |
| CMYK | 14.51, 0, 1.17, 44.71 |
| HSL | hsl(175.14,15.1%,48.04%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(175.14,26.24%,55.29%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.915,-13.4718,-2.5821) |
| XYZ | xyz(19.8212,23.8278,27.5993) |