Cascade Tour Color

#697f8e

Cascade Tour 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 #968071
Complementary Color #8e7869
Color Shade: cool cyan (204.32° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 48.43% (better contrasting with white)
Cascade Tour Color Sample
Cascade Tour Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #697f8e

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Cascade Tour Color. The Periscope color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called King Creek Falls (#5f686f) for more calm effect. Try Zodiac as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8e7869 is the best complementary color to Cascade Tour. 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 #697f8e complementary color is Cement, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Slate Gray are #698e8a and #696c8e. Thus found on the left and right of #697f8e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Juniper and Storm Gray colors as they work well with Cascade Tour.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cascade Tour palette consists of #8e8a69 and #8e696c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8e7869). Try Avocado and Opium colors in combination with #697f8e, 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 #697f8e 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 Cascade Tour. Thus Battleship Gray and Strikemaster giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cascade Tour contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cement, Trendy Pink, and Highland split by 90° on the color wheel. #697f8e square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green 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. Cascade Tour tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#8e7869) and two others. The Strikemaster is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Viridian Green – 120° from the complementary Cement. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8e697f and #698e78.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #697f8e is made of 28% red, 34% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Cascade Tour has a hue angle of 204.32°, a saturation of 14.98% and a lightness of 48.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #697f8e is made of 14.51% cyan, 5.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #697f8e
RGB Decimal rgb(105,127,142)
RGB Percentage 28%, 34%, 38%
CMYK 14.51, 5.89, 0, 44.31
HSL hsl(204.32,14.98%,48.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(204.32,26.06%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(51.9895,-4.3528,-10.7322)
XYZ xyz(18.2976,20.135,28.5132)
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