Mother Earth is pale, warm-toned shade of cool green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm magenta, warm yellow or warm blue
| Inverse Color | #7b6372 |
| Complementary Color | #9c8393 |
| Color Shade: | cool green (142.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 56.47% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Mother Earth Color. The Ranger Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Steel Toe (#929894) for more calm effect. Try Holiday Camp as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#9c8393 is the best complementary color to Mother Earth. Warm magenta shades generally complement the cool green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #849c8d complementary color is Mountbatten Pink, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and warm cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Mantle are #879c83 and #839c99. Thus found on the left and right of #849c8d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spanish Green and Granny Smith colors as they work well with Mother Earth.
The split-complementary Mother Earth palette consists of #9c8387 and #99839c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9c8393). Try Bazaar and Mamba colors in combination with #849c8d, 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 #849c8d offers a combination of warm red and warm blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mother Earth. Thus Pale Oyster and Mamba giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Mother Earth contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mountbatten Pink, Manatee, and Gurkha split by 90° on the color wheel. #849c8d square combo is a palette of cool green, cool blue, warm magenta and warm yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Mother Earth tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#9c8393) and two others. The Mamba is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sage – 120° from the complementary Mountbatten Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8d839c and #939c83.
In a RGB color space, hex #849c8d is made of 31% red, 36% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Mother Earth has a hue angle of 142.5°, a saturation of 10.81% and a lightness of 56.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #849c8d is made of 9.42% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.89% yellow and 38.82% black ink.
| HEX | #849c8d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(132,156,141) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 36%, 33% |
| CMYK | 9.42, 0, 5.89, 38.82 |
| HSL | hsl(142.5,10.81%,56.47%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(142.5,15.38%,61.18%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(62.1732,-11.4993,5.0381) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.2119,30.6056,29.7253) |