Playing Hooky Color

#8b8c6b

Playing Hooky is pale, warm-toned shade of mid yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid blue, red magenta or mid cyan

Inverse Color #747394
Complementary Color #6c6b8c
Color Shade: mid yellow (61.82° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 48.43% (better contrasting with white)
Playing Hooky Color Sample
Playing Hooky Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8b8c6b

If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Playing Hooky Color. The Mossy Cavern color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Nurturing (#a1a97b) for more energetic effect. Try Conifer Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6c6b8c is the best complementary color to Playing Hooky. Mid blue shades generally complement the mid yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8b8c6b complementary color is Storm Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of orange, mid yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Avocado are #8c7c6b and #7a8c6b. Thus found on the left and right of #8b8c6b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Makara and Camouflage Green colors as they work well with Playing Hooky.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Playing Hooky palette consists of #7c6b8c and #6b7a8c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6c6b8c). Try Rum and Slate Gray colors in combination with #8b8c6b, 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 #8b8c6b offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Playing Hooky. Thus Strikemaster and Juniper giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Playing Hooky contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Storm Gray, Viridian Green, and Falcon split by 90° on the color wheel. #8b8c6b square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid blue and red magenta 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. Playing Hooky tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#6c6b8c) and two others. The Juniper is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Opium – 120° from the complementary Storm Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6b8a8c and #8c6c6b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8b8c6b is made of 36% red, 36% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Playing Hooky has a hue angle of 61.82°, a saturation of 13.36% and a lightness of 48.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8b8c6b is made of 0.39% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.94% yellow and 45.1% black ink.

HEX #8b8c6b
RGB Decimal rgb(139,140,107)
RGB Percentage 36%, 36%, 28%
CMYK 0.39, 0, 12.94, 45.1
HSL hsl(61.82,13.36%,48.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(61.82,23.57%,54.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(57.373,-6.1397,17.56)
XYZ xyz(22.6794,25.3067,17.5993)
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