Liquid Mercury Color

#757a80

Liquid Mercury is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #8a857f
Complementary Color #807a74
Color Shade: blue cyan (212.73° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 48.04% (better contrasting with white)
Liquid Mercury Color Sample
Liquid Mercury Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #757a80

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Liquid Mercury Color. The Fantasy Grey color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Blue Dusk (#8c959d) for more energetic effect. Try Supreme Grey as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#807a74 is the best complementary color to Liquid Mercury. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #757a80 complementary color is Tapa, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Rolling Stone are #747f80 and #757480. Thus found on the left and right of #757a80 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sirocco and Jumbo colors as they work well with Liquid Mercury.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Liquid Mercury palette consists of #7f8074 and #807574 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#807a74). Try Bandicoot and Hurricane colors in combination with #757a80, 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 #757a80 offers a combination of yellow green and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Liquid Mercury. Thus Camouflage Green and Empress giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Liquid Mercury contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tapa, Fedora, and Xanadu split by 90° on the color wheel. #757a80 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Liquid Mercury tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#807a74) and two others. The Empress is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Xanadu – 120° from the complementary Tapa. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #80747a and #74807a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #757a80 is made of 32% red, 33% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Liquid Mercury has a hue angle of 212.73°, a saturation of 4.49% and a lightness of 48.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #757a80 is made of 4.32% cyan, 2.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 49.8% black ink.

HEX #757a80
RGB Decimal rgb(117,122,128)
RGB Percentage 32%, 33%, 35%
CMYK 4.32, 2.36, 0, 49.8
HSL hsl(212.73,4.49%,48.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(212.73,8.59%,50.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(50.9894,-0.5987,-3.9233)
XYZ xyz(18.1919,19.2595,23.1807)
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