Mica Creek is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta
| Inverse Color | #8f7d70 |
| Complementary Color | #8f7d70 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (205.16° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 50% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Mica Creek Color. The Beautiful Darkness color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Spinning Blue (#5b6a7c) for more energetic effect. Try Dolphin Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#8f7d70 is the best complementary color to Mica Creek. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #70828f complementary color is Almond Frost, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Slate Gray are #708f8c and #70728f. Thus found on the left and right of #70828f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Juniper and Storm Gray colors as they work well with Mica Creek.
The split-complementary Mica Creek palette consists of #8f8c70 and #8f7072 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8f7d70). Try Granite Green and Opium colors in combination with #70828f, 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 #70828f offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mica Creek. Thus Battleship Gray and Mountbatten Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Mica Creek contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Almond Frost, Mamba, and Laurel split by 90° on the color wheel. #70828f square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Mica Creek tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#8f7d70) and two others. The Mountbatten Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Viridian Green – 120° from the complementary Almond Frost. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8f7081 and #708f7d.
In a RGB color space, hex #70828f is made of 29% red, 34% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Mica Creek has a hue angle of 205.16°, a saturation of 12.16% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #70828f is made of 12.16% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 43.92% black ink.
| HEX | #70828f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(112,130,143) |
| RGB Percentage | 29%, 34%, 37% |
| CMYK | 12.16, 5.1, 0, 43.92 |
| HSL | hsl(205.16,12.16%,50%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(205.16,21.68%,56.08%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(53.3771,-3.5265,-9.1844) |
| XYZ | xyz(19.6226,21.3932,29.0817) |