Boredom Color

#8c9c9c

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

Inverse Color #736363
Complementary Color #9c8c8c
Color Shade: warm cyan (180° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 58.04% (better contrasting with white)
Boredom Color Sample
Boredom Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8c9c9c

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Boredom Color. The Tin Foil color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Pale Verdigris (#6f9892) for more energetic effect. Try Aluminum Sky as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9c8c8c is the best complementary color to Boredom. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8c9c9c complementary color is Dusty Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Granny Smith are #8c9c94 and #8c949c. Thus found on the left and right of #8c9c9c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mantle and Regent Gray colors as they work well with Boredom.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Boredom palette consists of #9c948c and #9c8c94 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9c8c8c). Try Zorba and Venus colors in combination with #8c9c9c, 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 #8c9c9c offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Boredom. Thus Lemon Grass and Venus giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Boredom contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dusty Gray, Mountain Mist, and Lemon Grass split by 90° on the color wheel. #8c9c9c square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, mid red and cool 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. Boredom tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#9c8c8c) and two others. The Venus is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mantle – 120° from the complementary Dusty Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9c8c9c and #8c9c8c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8c9c9c is made of 31% red, 35% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Boredom has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 7.48% and a lightness of 58.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8c9c9c is made of 6.28% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.82% black ink.

HEX #8c9c9c
RGB Decimal rgb(140,156,156)
RGB Percentage 31%, 35%, 35%
CMYK 6.28, 0, 0, 38.82
HSL hsl(180,7.48%,58.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(180,10.26%,61.18%)
CIE-LAB lab(63.138,-5.6523,-1.9393)
XYZ xyz(28.7044,31.7527,36.0685)
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