Lunar Tide Color

#6f968b

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

Inverse Color #906974
Complementary Color #966e79
Color Shade: green cyan (163.08° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 51.18% (better contrasting with white)
Lunar Tide Color Sample
Lunar Tide Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6f968b

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Lunar Tide Color. The Marble Green-Grey color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Sabiasagi Blue (#6a7f7a) for more calm effect. Try Singing in the Rain as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#966e79 is the best complementary color to Lunar Tide. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6f968b complementary color is Bazaar, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Juniper are #6e9677 and #6e8d96. Thus found on the left and right of #6f968b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Laurel and Juniper colors as they work well with Lunar Tide.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Lunar Tide palette consists of #96776e and #966e8d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#966e79). Try Almond Frost and Mountbatten Pink colors in combination with #6f968b, 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 #6f968b offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Lunar Tide. Thus Arrowtown and Trendy Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Lunar Tide contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bazaar, Kimberly, and Avocado split by 90° on the color wheel. #6f968b square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid 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. Lunar Tide tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#966e79) and two others. The Trendy Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Highland – 120° from the complementary Bazaar. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8b6e96 and #79966e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6f968b is made of 28% red, 38% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Lunar Tide has a hue angle of 163.08°, a saturation of 15.66% and a lightness of 51.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6f968b is made of 15.29% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.31% yellow and 41.18% black ink.

HEX #6f968b
RGB Decimal rgb(111,150,139)
RGB Percentage 28%, 38%, 35%
CMYK 15.29, 0, 4.31, 41.18
HSL hsl(163.08,15.66%,51.18%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(163.08,26%,58.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.0264,-15.8276,1.4463)
XYZ xyz(22.1221,27.0563,28.4825)
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