Mermaid's Cove Color

#8aa786

Mermaid's Cove is pale, warm-toned shade of warm green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool magenta, warm red or cool blue

Inverse Color #755879
Complementary Color #a386a7
Color Shade: warm green (112.73° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 59.02% (better contrasting with white)
Mermaid's Cove Color Sample
Mermaid's Cove Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8aa786

If you're looking for a similar warm green shade, there are some better alternatives to Mermaid's Cove Color. The Toad color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Grass Sands (#a1afa0) for more calm effect. Try Silver Linden Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a386a7 is the best complementary color to Mermaid's Cove. Cool magenta shades generally complement the warm green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8aa786 complementary color is Amethyst Smoke, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool yellow, warm green, and cool green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Envy are #9aa786 and #86a792. Thus found on the left and right of #8aa786 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sage and Envy colors as they work well with Mermaid's Cove.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mermaid's Cove palette consists of #a7869a and #9286a7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a386a7). Try Bouquet and Amethyst Smoke colors in combination with #8aa786, 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 #8aa786 offers a combination of cool red and cool blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mermaid's Cove. Thus Pharlap and Manatee giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mermaid's Cove contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Amethyst Smoke, Regent Gray, and Donkey Brown split by 90° on the color wheel. #8aa786 square combo is a palette of warm green, cool cyan, cool magenta and warm 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. Mermaid's Cove tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#a386a7) and two others. The Manatee is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tallow – 120° from the complementary Amethyst Smoke. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #868aa7 and #a7a386.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8aa786 is made of 31% red, 38% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Mermaid's Cove has a hue angle of 112.73°, a saturation of 15.79% and a lightness of 59.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8aa786 is made of 11.37% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.94% yellow and 34.51% black ink.

HEX #8aa786
RGB Decimal rgb(138,167,134)
RGB Percentage 31%, 38%, 31%
CMYK 11.37, 0, 12.94, 34.51
HSL hsl(112.73,15.79%,59.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(112.73,19.76%,65.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(65.5629,-16.5001,13.8125)
XYZ xyz(28.603,34.7619,27.7564)
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