Stone Silver is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta
| Inverse Color | #745751 |
| Complementary Color | #ae918b |
| Color Shade: | mid cyan (190.29° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 61.37% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Stone Silver Color. The Lake Placid color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Wave Jumper (#6c919f) for more energetic effect. Try Sidewalk Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#ae918b is the best complementary color to Stone Silver. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8ba8ae complementary color is Del Rio, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Bali Hai are #8baea2 and #8b96ae. Thus found on the left and right of #8ba8ae on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cascade and Bali Hai colors as they work well with Stone Silver.
The split-complementary Stone Silver palette consists of #aea28b and #ae8b96 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ae918b). Try Hillary and Bouquet colors in combination with #8ba8ae, 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 #8ba8ae offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Stone Silver. Thus Locust and Bouquet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Stone Silver contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Del Rio, Amethyst Smoke, and Schist split by 90° on the color wheel. #8ba8ae square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Stone Silver tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#ae918b) and two others. The Bouquet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Envy – 120° from the complementary Del Rio. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ae8ba8 and #8bae91.
In a RGB color space, hex #8ba8ae is made of 29% red, 35% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Stone Silver has a hue angle of 190.29°, a saturation of 17.77% and a lightness of 61.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8ba8ae is made of 13.73% cyan, 2.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black ink.
| HEX | #8ba8ae |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(139,168,174) |
| RGB Percentage | 29%, 35%, 36% |
| CMYK | 13.73, 2.36, 0, 31.76 |
| HSL | hsl(190.29,17.77%,61.37%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(190.29,20.11%,68.24%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.9382,-8.609,-6.4156) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.2901,36.5502,45.3974) |