Wintessa 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 | #745b6b |
| Complementary Color | #a48b9b |
| Color Shade: | cool green (141.6° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 59.41% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Wintessa Color. The Practice Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Holiday Camp (#6d9e7a) for more energetic effect. Try Dying Moss as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#a48b9b is the best complementary color to Wintessa. 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 #8ba494 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 Envy are #8ea48b and #8ba4a0. Thus found on the left and right of #8ba494 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Envy and Cascade colors as they work well with Wintessa.
The split-complementary Wintessa palette consists of #a48b8e and #a08ba4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a48b9b). Try Dusty Gray and Mamba colors in combination with #8ba494, 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 #8ba494 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 Wintessa. Thus Zorba and Manatee giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Wintessa contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mountbatten Pink, Manatee, and Gray Olive split by 90° on the color wheel. #8ba494 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. Wintessa tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#a48b9b) and two others. The Manatee 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 #948ba4 and #9aa48b.
In a RGB color space, hex #8ba494 is made of 31% red, 36% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Wintessa has a hue angle of 141.6°, a saturation of 12.08% and a lightness of 59.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8ba494 is made of 9.8% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.27% yellow and 35.69% black ink.
| HEX | #8ba494 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(139,164,148) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 36%, 33% |
| CMYK | 9.8, 0, 6.27, 35.69 |
| HSL | hsl(141.6,12.08%,59.41%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(141.6,15.24%,64.31%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.1036,-11.943,5.3941) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.2682,34.178,33.0714) |