Water Glitter is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta
| Inverse Color | #895049 |
| Complementary Color | #b67d76 |
| Color Shade: | mid cyan (186.56° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 58.82% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Water Glitter Color. The Clear Brook color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Hippie Blue (#589aaf) for more energetic effect. Try Deep Diving as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#b67d76 is the best complementary color to Water Glitter. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #76afb6 complementary color is Brandy Rose, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Neptune are #76b69d and #768fb6. Thus found on the left and right of #76afb6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Acapulco and Ship Cove colors as they work well with Water Glitter.
The split-complementary Water Glitter palette consists of #b69d76 and #b6768f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b67d76). Try Mongoose and Turkish Rose colors in combination with #76afb6, 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 #76afb6 offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Water Glitter. Thus Green Smoke and Bouquet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Water Glitter contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Brandy Rose, Wisteria, and Olivine split by 90° on the color wheel. #76afb6 square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Water Glitter tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#b67d76) and two others. The Bouquet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fern – 120° from the complementary Brandy Rose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b676ae and #76b67d.
In a RGB color space, hex #76afb6 is made of 25% red, 37% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Water Glitter has a hue angle of 186.56°, a saturation of 30.48% and a lightness of 58.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #76afb6 is made of 25.1% cyan, 2.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 28.63% black ink.
| HEX | #76afb6 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(118,175,182) |
| RGB Percentage | 25%, 37%, 38% |
| CMYK | 25.1, 2.74, 0, 28.63 |
| HSL | hsl(186.56,30.48%,58.82%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(186.56,35.16%,71.37%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.9386,-16.7276,-9.4987) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.2447,37.8889,49.9225) |