Winter Lake 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 | #967463 |
| Complementary Color | #9c7a68 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (200° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 51.18% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Winter Lake Color. The Iron Earth color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Symmetry (#8fa0a7) for more calm effect. Try Winter Harbor as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#9c7a68 is the best complementary color to Winter Lake. 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 #698b9c complementary color is Toast, 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 Gothic are #689c93 and #68719c. Thus found on the left and right of #698b9c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Patina and Lynch colors as they work well with Winter Lake.
The split-complementary Winter Lake palette consists of #9c9368 and #9c6871 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9c7a68). Try Gurkha and Copper Rose colors in combination with #698b9c, 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 #698b9c 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 Winter Lake. Thus Avocado and Strikemaster giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Winter Lake contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Toast, Trendy Pink, and Highland split by 90° on the color wheel. #698b9c 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. Winter Lake tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#9c7a68) and two others. The Strikemaster is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Oxley – 120° from the complementary Toast. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9c688a and #689c7a.
In a RGB color space, hex #698b9c is made of 26% red, 35% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Winter Lake has a hue angle of 200°, a saturation of 20.48% and a lightness of 51.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #698b9c is made of 20% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.82% black ink.
| HEX | #698b9c |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(105,139,156) |
| RGB Percentage | 26%, 35%, 39% |
| CMYK | 20, 6.67, 0, 38.82 |
| HSL | hsl(200,20.48%,51.18%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(200,32.69%,61.18%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.9562,-7.6015,-12.8757) |
| XYZ | xyz(21.0591,23.8688,34.9497) |