Watercress is pale, warm-toned shade of mid green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm magenta, orange or mid blue
| Inverse Color | #916c88 |
| Complementary Color | #936e89 |
| Color Shade: | mid green (134.59° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 50.39% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid green shade, there are some better alternatives to Watercress Color. The Tree Lined color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Comfrey (#5b7961) for more calm effect. Try Swanndri as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#936e89 is the best complementary color to Watercress. Warm magenta shades generally complement the mid green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6e9377 complementary color is Mountbatten Pink, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm green, mid green, and green cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Laurel are #77936e and #6e9389. Thus found on the left and right of #6e9377 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Highland and Juniper colors as they work well with Watercress.
The split-complementary Watercress palette consists of #936e77 and #896e93 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#936e89). Try Bazaar and Trendy Pink colors in combination with #6e9377, 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 #6e9377 offers a combination of mid red and mid blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Watercress. Thus Almond Frost and Rum giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Watercress contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mountbatten Pink, Slate Gray, and Arrowtown split by 90° on the color wheel. #6e9377 square combo is a palette of mid green, cool blue, warm magenta and orange shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Watercress tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#936e89) and two others. The Rum is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Battleship Gray – 120° from the complementary Mountbatten Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #776e93 and #89936e.
In a RGB color space, hex #6e9377 is made of 29% red, 39% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Watercress has a hue angle of 134.59°, a saturation of 14.62% and a lightness of 50.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6e9377 is made of 14.51% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.98% yellow and 42.35% black ink.
| HEX | #6e9377 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(110,147,119) |
| RGB Percentage | 29%, 39%, 32% |
| CMYK | 14.51, 0, 10.98, 42.35 |
| HSL | hsl(134.59,14.62%,50.39%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(134.59,25.17%,57.65%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.5732,-18.7726,10.7252) |
| XYZ | xyz(20.1939,25.5143,21.3132) |