Silver Snippet Color

#8e9090

Silver Snippet 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 #716f6f
Complementary Color #908e8e
Color Shade: warm cyan (180° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 56.08% (better contrasting with white)
Silver Snippet Color Sample
Silver Snippet Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8e9090

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Silver Snippet Color. The Moon Tide color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Oily Steel (#99aaaa) for more energetic effect. Try Stormy Sea as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#908e8e is the best complementary color to Silver Snippet. 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 #8e9090 complementary color is 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 Oslo Gray are #8e908f and #8e8f90. Thus found on the left and right of #8e9090 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gunsmoke and Oslo Gray colors as they work well with Silver Snippet.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Silver Snippet palette consists of #908f8e and #908e8f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#908e8e). Try Natural Gray and Venus colors in combination with #8e9090, 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 #8e9090 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 Silver Snippet. Thus Star Dust and Monsoon giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Silver Snippet contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gray, Mountain Mist, and Stack split by 90° on the color wheel. #8e9090 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. Silver Snippet tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#908e8e) and two others. The Monsoon is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Stack – 120° from the complementary Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #908e90 and #8e908e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8e9090 is made of 33% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Silver Snippet has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 0.89% and a lightness of 56.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8e9090 is made of 0.78% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 43.53% black ink.

HEX #8e9090
RGB Decimal rgb(142,144,144)
RGB Percentage 33%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0.78, 0, 0, 43.53
HSL hsl(180,0.89%,56.08%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(180,1.39%,56.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.6267,-0.7267,-0.2629)
XYZ xyz(26.1626,27.7109,30.3554)
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