Silver Hill Color

#6d747b

Silver Hill is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #928b84
Complementary Color #7a746d
Color Shade: cool cyan (210° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 45.49% (better contrasting with white)
Silver Hill Color Sample
Silver Hill Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6d747b

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Silver Hill Color. The Titanium Grey color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Stone Cairn (#888c90) for more calm effect. Try Oslo Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7a746d is the best complementary color to Silver Hill. Orange shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6d747b complementary color is Tapa, 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 Pale Sky are #6d7a7a and #6d6d7a. Thus found on the left and right of #6d747b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sirocco and Storm Gray colors as they work well with Silver Hill.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Silver Hill palette consists of #7a7a6d and #7a6d6d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7a746d). Try Bandicoot and Spicy Pink colors in combination with #6d747b, 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 #6d747b 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 Silver Hill. Thus Camouflage Green and Empress giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Silver Hill contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tapa, Fedora, and Xanadu split by 90° on the color wheel. #6d747b square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, orange 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. Silver Hill tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#7a746d) and two others. The Empress is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Xanadu – 120° from the complementary Tapa. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7a6d74 and #6d7a74.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6d747b is made of 31% red, 33% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Silver Hill has a hue angle of 210°, a saturation of 6.03% and a lightness of 45.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6d747b is made of 5.49% cyan, 2.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 51.76% black ink.

HEX #6d747b
RGB Decimal rgb(109,116,123)
RGB Percentage 31%, 33%, 35%
CMYK 5.49, 2.75, 0, 51.76
HSL hsl(210,6.03%,45.49%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(210,11.38%,48.24%)
CIE-LAB lab(48.4761,-1.1072,-4.7597)
XYZ xyz(16.1272,17.1721,21.2034)
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