Precious Oxley Color

#6d9a79

Precious Oxley is pale, warm-toned shade of cool green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm magenta, warm yellow or warm blue

Inverse Color #926586
Complementary Color #9a6c8d
Color Shade: cool green (136° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 51.57% (better contrasting with white)
Precious Oxley Color Sample
Precious Oxley Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6d9a79

If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Precious Oxley Color. The Wintessa color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Ranger Green (#6a8472) for more calm effect. Try Holenso as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9a6c8d is the best complementary color to Precious Oxley. Warm magenta shades generally complement the cool green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6d9a79 complementary color is Strikemaster, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and warm cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Oxley are #779a6c and #6c9a8f. Thus found on the left and right of #6d9a79 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Highland and Patina colors as they work well with Precious Oxley.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Precious Oxley palette consists of #9a6c77 and #8f6c9a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9a6c8d). Try Bazaar and Trendy Pink colors in combination with #6d9a79, 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 #6d9a79 offers a combination of warm red and warm blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Precious Oxley. Thus Toast and Kimberly giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Precious Oxley contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Strikemaster, Lynch, and Gurkha split by 90° on the color wheel. #6d9a79 square combo is a palette of cool green, cool blue, warm magenta and warm 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. Precious Oxley tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#9a6c8d) and two others. The Kimberly is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Avocado – 120° from the complementary Strikemaster. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #796c9a and #8e9a6c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6d9a79 is made of 28% red, 40% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Precious Oxley has a hue angle of 136°, a saturation of 18.22% and a lightness of 51.57%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6d9a79 is made of 17.64% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.94% yellow and 39.61% black ink.

HEX #6d9a79
RGB Decimal rgb(109,154,121)
RGB Percentage 28%, 40%, 32%
CMYK 17.64, 0, 12.94, 39.61
HSL hsl(136,18.22%,51.57%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(136,29.22%,60.39%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.6557,-22.3344,12.5141)
XYZ xyz(21.3135,27.7429,22.3207)
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