Cold Spring is calm, 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 | #749 |
| Complementary Color | #96b |
| Color Shade: | yellow green (96° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 56.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Cold Spring Color. The Cos color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool yellow bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Off Green (#6ba353) for more calm effect. Try Unakite as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#96b is the best complementary color to Cold Spring. Violet shades generally complement the yellow green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8b6 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid yellow, yellow green, and mid green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #b2bb66 and #66bb6e. Thus found on the left and right of #8b6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gimblet and Fern colors as they work well with Cold Spring.
The split-complementary Cold Spring palette consists of #bb66b2 and #6e66bb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#96b). Try Fuchsia Pink and Blue Violet colors in combination with #8b6, 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 #8b6 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 Cold Spring. Thus Tapestry and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cold Spring contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Tradewind, and Contessa split by 90° on the color wheel. #8b6 square combo is a palette of yellow green, mid 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. Cold Spring tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#96b) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #68b and #b96.
In a RGB color space, hex #88bb66 is made of 32% red, 44% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Cold Spring has a hue angle of 96°, a saturation of 38.46% and a lightness of 56.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #88bb66 is made of 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 33.33% yellow and 26.67% black ink.
| HEX | #88bb66 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(136,187,102) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 44%, 24% |
| CMYK | 20, 0, 33.33, 26.67 |
| HSL | hsl(96,38.46%,56.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(96,45.45%,73.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.6873,-32.0062,37.6444) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.3219,41.7342,19.0277) |