Lenticular Ore Color

#6fb5a8

Lenticular Ore is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #904a57
Complementary Color #b56e7b
Color Shade: warm cyan (168.86° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 57.25% (better contrasting with white)
Lenticular Ore Color Sample
Lenticular Ore Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6fb5a8

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Lenticular Ore Color. The Surf Wash color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Goose Pond Green (#629b92) for more calm effect. Try Grey Teal as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b56e7b is the best complementary color to Lenticular Ore. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6fb5a8 complementary color is Turkish Rose, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Tradewind are #6eb584 and #6e9fb5. Thus found on the left and right of #6fb5a8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Silver Tree and Hippie Blue colors as they work well with Lenticular Ore.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Lenticular Ore palette consists of #b5846e and #b56e9e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b56e7b). Try Sandal and Tapestry colors in combination with #6fb5a8, 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 #6fb5a8 offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Lenticular Ore. Thus Gimblet and Wisteria giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Lenticular Ore contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Turkish Rose, Wisteria, and Olivine split by 90° on the color wheel. #6fb5a8 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool 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. Lenticular Ore tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#b56e7b) and two others. The Wisteria is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fern – 120° from the complementary Turkish Rose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a76eb5 and #7bb56e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6fb5a8 is made of 24% red, 39% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Lenticular Ore has a hue angle of 168.86°, a saturation of 32.11% and a lightness of 57.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6fb5a8 is made of 27.45% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.1% yellow and 29.02% black ink.

HEX #6fb5a8
RGB Decimal rgb(111,181,168)
RGB Percentage 24%, 39%, 37%
CMYK 27.45, 0, 5.1, 29.02
HSL hsl(168.86,32.11%,57.25%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(168.86,38.67%,70.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(68.9352,-25.1111,-0.3331)
XYZ xyz(30.1473,39.2544,43.0337)
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