Pale Willow Color

#89ab98

Pale Willow 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 #765467
Complementary Color #ab899b
Color Shade: cool green (146.47° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 60.39% (better contrasting with white)
Pale Willow Color Sample
Pale Willow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #89ab98

If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Pale Willow Color. The Quiet Teal color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Dreamcatcher (#a5b2a9) for more calm effect. Try Gaelic Garden as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ab899b is the best complementary color to Pale Willow. 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 #89ab98 complementary color is Bouquet, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and warm cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Envy are #8aab89 and #89aba9. Thus found on the left and right of #89ab98 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Envy and Cascade colors as they work well with Pale Willow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pale Willow palette consists of #ab898a and #a989ab colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ab899b). Try Pharlap and Amethyst Smoke colors in combination with #89ab98, 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 #89ab98 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 Pale Willow. Thus Del Rio and Amethyst Smoke giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pale Willow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bouquet, Manatee, and Tallow split by 90° on the color wheel. #89ab98 square combo is a palette of cool green, cool blue, warm magenta and warm yellow 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. Pale Willow tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#ab899b) and two others. The Amethyst Smoke is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sage – 120° from the complementary Bouquet. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9789ab and #9bab89.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #89ab98 is made of 30% red, 37% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Pale Willow has a hue angle of 146.47°, a saturation of 16.83% and a lightness of 60.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #89ab98 is made of 13.33% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.45% yellow and 32.94% black ink.

HEX #89ab98
RGB Decimal rgb(137,171,152)
RGB Percentage 30%, 37%, 33%
CMYK 13.33, 0, 7.45, 32.94
HSL hsl(146.47,16.83%,60.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(146.47,19.88%,67.06%)
CIE-LAB lab(67.0598,-15.5275,5.966)
XYZ xyz(30.5469,36.7112,35.1817)
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