Palmetto Color

#6d9a9b

Palmetto is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta

Inverse Color #926564
Complementary Color #9b6d6c
Color Shade: mid cyan (181.3° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 51.76% (better contrasting with white)
Palmetto Color Sample
Palmetto Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6d9a9b

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Palmetto Color. The Moon Tide color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Cape Cod Blue (#91a2a6) for more calm effect. Try Cape Lee as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#9b6d6c is the best complementary color to Palmetto. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6d9a9b complementary color is Copper Rose, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Juniper are #6c9b84 and #6c839b. Thus found on the left and right of #6d9a9b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Oxley and Lynch colors as they work well with Palmetto.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Palmetto palette consists of #9b846c and #9b6c83 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9b6d6c). Try Arrowtown and Strikemaster colors in combination with #6d9a9b, 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 #6d9a9b offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Palmetto. Thus Gurkha and Strikemaster giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Palmetto contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Copper Rose, Trendy Pink, and Battleship Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #6d9a9b square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow 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. Palmetto tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#9b6d6c) and two others. The Strikemaster is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Laurel – 120° from the complementary Copper Rose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9b6c9a and #6c9b6d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6d9a9b is made of 26% red, 37% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Palmetto has a hue angle of 181.3°, a saturation of 18.7% and a lightness of 51.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6d9a9b is made of 18.03% cyan, 0.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 39.22% black ink.

HEX #6d9a9b
RGB Decimal rgb(109,154,155)
RGB Percentage 26%, 37%, 37%
CMYK 18.03, 0.39, 0, 39.22
HSL hsl(181.3,18.7%,51.76%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(181.3,29.68%,60.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(60.5417,-14.866,-5.4287)
XYZ xyz(23.7787,28.729,35.3023)
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