South Pacific 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 | #96796b |
| Complementary Color | #947769 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (199.53° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 49.61% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to South Pacific Color. The West Winds color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Happy Days (#506e82) for more energetic effect. Try Rolling Sea as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#947769 is the best complementary color to South Pacific. 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 #698694 complementary color is Cement, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Lynch are #69948c and #697094. Thus found on the left and right of #698694 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Juniper and Lynch colors as they work well with South Pacific.
The split-complementary South Pacific palette consists of #948c69 and #946970 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#947769). Try Arrowtown and Copper Rose colors in combination with #698694, 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 #698694 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 South Pacific. Thus Avocado and Strikemaster giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of South Pacific contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cement, Trendy Pink, and Highland split by 90° on the color wheel. #698694 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. South Pacific tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#947769) 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 #946985 and #699477.
In a RGB color space, hex #698694 is made of 27% red, 35% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode South Pacific has a hue angle of 199.53°, a saturation of 17% and a lightness of 49.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #698694 is made of 16.86% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 41.96% black ink.
| HEX | #698694 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(105,134,148) |
| RGB Percentage | 27%, 35%, 38% |
| CMYK | 16.86, 5.49, 0, 41.96 |
| HSL | hsl(199.53,17%,49.61%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(199.53,29.05%,58.04%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.2297,-6.833,-10.8565) |
| XYZ | xyz(19.6961,22.1916,31.2623) |