Medium Grey is pale, warm-toned shade of yellow green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with violet, mid red or blue cyan
| Inverse Color | #828083 |
| Complementary Color | #7e7c7f |
| Color Shade: | yellow green (100° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 49.22% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Medium Grey Color. The Velvet Clover color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool yellow bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Black Locust (#646763) for more energetic effect. Try Spanish Green as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#7e7c7f is the best complementary color to Medium Grey. Violet shades generally complement the yellow green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7d7f7c complementary color is Mobster, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool yellow, yellow green, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Stack are #7e7f7c and #7c7f7c. Thus found on the left and right of #7d7f7c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bitter and Xanadu colors as they work well with Medium Grey.
The split-complementary Medium Grey palette consists of #7f7c7e and #7c7c7f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7e7c7f). Try Suva Gray and Jumbo colors in combination with #7d7f7c, 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 #7d7f7c offers a combination of red magenta and blue cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Medium Grey. Thus Empress and Rolling Stone giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Medium Grey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mobster, Rolling Stone, and Boulder split by 90° on the color wheel. #7d7f7c square combo is a palette of yellow green, cool cyan, violet and mid red shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Medium Grey tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#7e7c7f) and two others. The Rolling Stone is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Friar Gray – 120° from the complementary Mobster. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7c7d7f and #7f7e7c.
In a RGB color space, hex #7d7f7c is made of 33% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Medium Grey has a hue angle of 100°, a saturation of 1.2% and a lightness of 49.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7d7f7c is made of 0.78% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.17% yellow and 50.2% black ink.
| HEX | #7d7f7c |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(125,127,124) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 34%, 33% |
| CMYK | 0.78, 0, 1.17, 50.2 |
| HSL | hsl(100,1.2%,49.22%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(100,2.36%,49.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(52.9429,-1.3425,1.3594) |
| XYZ | xyz(19.6849,20.994,22.0835) |