Aspen Hush Color

#6a8d88

Aspen Hush is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #957277
Complementary Color #8d6a6f
Color Shade: warm cyan (171.43° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 48.43% (better contrasting with white)
Aspen Hush Color Sample
Aspen Hush Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6a8d88

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Aspen Hush Color. The Boredom color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Dusk Green (#6e7a77) for more calm effect. Try Double Jeopardy as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#8d6a6f is the best complementary color to Aspen Hush. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6a8d88 complementary color is Opium, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Juniper are #6a8d76 and #6a808d. Thus found on the left and right of #6a8d88 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Viridian Green and Slate Gray colors as they work well with Aspen Hush.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Aspen Hush palette consists of #8d766a and #8d6a80 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8d6a6f). Try Almond Frost and Strikemaster colors in combination with #6a8d88, 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 #6a8d88 offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Aspen Hush. Thus Olive Haze and Trendy Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Aspen Hush contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Opium, Rum, and Battleship Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #6a8d88 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool 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. Aspen Hush tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#8d6a6f) and two others. The Trendy Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Highland – 120° from the complementary Opium. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #886a8d and #6f8d6a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6a8d88 is made of 28% red, 37% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Aspen Hush has a hue angle of 171.43°, a saturation of 14.17% and a lightness of 48.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6a8d88 is made of 13.72% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.96% yellow and 44.71% black ink.

HEX #6a8d88
RGB Decimal rgb(106,141,136)
RGB Percentage 28%, 37%, 36%
CMYK 13.72, 0, 1.96, 44.71
HSL hsl(171.43,14.17%,48.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(171.43,24.82%,55.29%)
CIE-LAB lab(55.979,-13.2926,-1.3229)
XYZ xyz(19.9127,23.8915,26.8546)
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