Spruce Shadow Color

#838a7a

Spruce Shadow is pale, warm-toned shade of cool yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm blue, cool red or cool cyan

Inverse Color #7c7585
Complementary Color #81798a
Color Shade: cool yellow (86.25° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50.98% (better contrasting with white)
Spruce Shadow Color Sample
Spruce Shadow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #838a7a

If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Spruce Shadow Color. The Shark Fin color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Usuao Blue (#8c9c76) for more energetic effect. Try Billowing Smoke as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#81798a is the best complementary color to Spruce Shadow. Warm blue shades generally complement the cool yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #838a7a complementary color is Mobster, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm yellow, cool yellow, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Battleship Gray are #8a8979 and #7a8a79. Thus found on the left and right of #838a7a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Granite Green and Xanadu colors as they work well with Spruce Shadow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Spruce Shadow palette consists of #89798a and #797a8a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#81798a). Try Mamba and Storm Gray colors in combination with #838a7a, 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 #838a7a offers a combination of warm magenta and cool cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Spruce Shadow. Thus Suva Gray and Rolling Stone giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Spruce Shadow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mobster, Sirocco, and Hurricane split by 90° on the color wheel. #838a7a square combo is a palette of cool yellow, warm cyan, warm blue and cool red 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. Spruce Shadow tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#81798a) and two others. The Rolling Stone is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Schooner – 120° from the complementary Mobster. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #79838a and #8a8179.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #838a7a is made of 34% red, 35% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Spruce Shadow has a hue angle of 86.25°, a saturation of 6.4% and a lightness of 50.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #838a7a is made of 2.75% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.28% yellow and 45.88% black ink.

HEX #838a7a
RGB Decimal rgb(131,138,122)
RGB Percentage 34%, 35%, 31%
CMYK 2.75, 0, 6.28, 45.88
HSL hsl(86.25,6.4%,50.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(86.25,11.59%,54.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(56.4934,-5.6561,7.6899)
XYZ xyz(21.9614,24.4074,21.966)
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