Sleeping Giant Color

#786d5e

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

Inverse Color #8792a1
Complementary Color #5e6978
Color Shade: orange (34.62° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 41.96% (better contrasting with white)
Sleeping Giant Color Sample
Sleeping Giant Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #786d5e

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Sleeping Giant Color. The Volcanic Island color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Shadow Wood (#5e534a) for more calm effect. Try Peppery as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5e6978 is the best complementary color to Sleeping Giant. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #786d5e complementary color is Shuttle Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pablo are #78605e and #76785e. Thus found on the left and right of #786d5e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Russett and Limed Ash colors as they work well with Sleeping Giant.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sleeping Giant palette consists of #605e78 and #5e7678 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5e6978). Try Dolphin and Nevada colors in combination with #786d5e, 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 #786d5e offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Sleeping Giant. Thus Salt Box and Corduroy giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sleeping Giant contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shuttle Gray, Cactus, and Old Lavender split by 90° on the color wheel. #786d5e square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta 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. Sleeping Giant tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#5e6978) and two others. The Corduroy is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Falcon – 120° from the complementary Shuttle Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5e786d and #785e69.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #786d5e is made of 37% red, 34% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Sleeping Giant has a hue angle of 34.62°, a saturation of 12.15% and a lightness of 41.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #786d5e is made of 0% cyan, 4.31% magenta, 10.2% yellow and 52.94% black ink.

HEX #786d5e
RGB Decimal rgb(120,109,94)
RGB Percentage 37%, 34%, 29%
CMYK 0, 4.31, 10.2, 52.94
HSL hsl(34.62,12.15%,41.96%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(34.62,21.67%,47.06%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.6295,1.6488,9.9448)
XYZ xyz(15.2347,15.7385,12.8246)
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