Emerald City is pale, warm-toned shade of yellow green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with violet, mid red or blue cyan
| Inverse Color | #9581a0 |
| Complementary Color | #725f7e |
| Color Shade: | yellow green (98.71° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 43.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Emerald City Color. The Laurel Tree color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Backyard (#879877) for more calm effect. Try Deep Emerald as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#725f7e is the best complementary color to Emerald City. Violet shades generally complement the yellow green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6a7e5f complementary color is Rum, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid yellow, yellow green, and mid green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Willow Grove are #797e5f and #5f7e63. Thus found on the left and right of #6a7e5f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Flax Smoke and Glade Green colors as they work well with Emerald City.
The split-complementary Emerald City palette consists of #7e5f79 and #635f7e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#725f7e). Try Old Lavender and Dolphin colors in combination with #6a7e5f, 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 #6a7e5f offers a combination of red magenta and blue cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Emerald City. Thus Falcon and Shuttle Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Emerald City contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Rum, Nevada, and Russett split by 90° on the color wheel. #6a7e5f square combo is a palette of yellow green, mid cyan, violet and mid red shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Emerald City tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#725f7e) and two others. The Shuttle Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pablo – 120° from the complementary Rum. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5f6a7e and #7e735f.
In a RGB color space, hex #6a7e5f is made of 32% red, 39% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Emerald City has a hue angle of 98.71°, a saturation of 14.03% and a lightness of 43.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6a7e5f is made of 7.84% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.16% yellow and 50.59% black ink.
| HEX | #6a7e5f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(106,126,95) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 39%, 29% |
| CMYK | 7.84, 0, 12.16, 50.59 |
| HSL | hsl(98.71,14.03%,43.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(98.71,24.6%,49.41%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(50.4666,-13.498,14.5198) |
| XYZ | xyz(15.4703,18.8121,13.6422) |