Calmness Color

#68a895

Calmness is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet

Inverse Color #97576a
Complementary Color #a8687a
Color Shade: green cyan (162.19° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 53.33% (better contrasting with white)
Calmness Color Sample
Calmness Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #68a895

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Calmness Color. The Smaragdine color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Morning Green (#89bab2) for more calm effect. Try Sheffield as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a8687a is the best complementary color to Calmness. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #68a895 complementary color is Coral Tree, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Breaker Bay are #68a875 and #689ba8. Thus found on the left and right of #68a895 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Aqua Forest and Gothic colors as they work well with Calmness.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Calmness palette consists of #a87568 and #a8689a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a8687a). Try Coral Tree and Bouquet colors in combination with #68a895, 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 #68a895 offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Calmness. Thus Sandal and Wisteria giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Calmness contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Coral Tree, Deluge, and Green Smoke split by 90° on the color wheel. #68a895 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid 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. Calmness tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#a8687a) and two others. The Wisteria is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Asparagus – 120° from the complementary Coral Tree. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9468a8 and #7aa868.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #68a895 is made of 25% red, 40% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Calmness has a hue angle of 162.19°, a saturation of 26.89% and a lightness of 53.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #68a895 is made of 25.1% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.45% yellow and 34.12% black ink.

HEX #68a895
RGB Decimal rgb(104,168,149)
RGB Percentage 25%, 40%, 35%
CMYK 25.1, 0, 7.45, 34.12
HSL hsl(162.19,26.89%,53.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(162.19,38.1%,65.88%)
CIE-LAB lab(64.2565,-24.9927,3.3535)
XYZ xyz(25.1364,33.1182,33.5014)
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