Kathleen's Garden Color

#8fa099

Kathleen's Garden is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet

Inverse Color #705f66
Complementary Color #a08f96
Color Shade: green cyan (155.29° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 59.41% (better contrasting with white)
Kathleen's Garden Color Sample
Kathleen's Garden Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8fa099

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Kathleen's Garden Color. The Silent Sage color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Up North (#6f9587) for more energetic effect. Try Stieglitz Silver as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a08f96 is the best complementary color to Kathleen's Garden. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8fa099 complementary color is Dusty Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pewter are #8fa090 and #8f9ea0. Thus found on the left and right of #8fa099 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mantle and Granny Smith colors as they work well with Kathleen's Garden.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Kathleen's Garden palette consists of #a0908f and #a08f9e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a08f96). Try Dusty Gray and Venus colors in combination with #8fa099, 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 #8fa099 offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Kathleen's Garden. Thus Zorba and Mountain Mist giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Kathleen's Garden contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dusty Gray, Manatee, and Lemon Grass split by 90° on the color wheel. #8fa099 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid 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. Kathleen's Garden tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#a08f96) and two others. The Mountain Mist is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lemon Grass – 120° from the complementary Dusty Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #998fa0 and #96a08f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8fa099 is made of 31% red, 35% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Kathleen's Garden has a hue angle of 155.29°, a saturation of 8.21% and a lightness of 59.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8fa099 is made of 6.67% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.75% yellow and 37.25% black ink.

HEX #8fa099
RGB Decimal rgb(143,160,153)
RGB Percentage 31%, 35%, 34%
CMYK 6.67, 0, 2.75, 37.25
HSL hsl(155.29,8.21%,59.41%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(155.29,10.63%,62.75%)
CIE-LAB lab(64.3879,-7.4029,1.5983)
XYZ xyz(29.6483,33.2812,34.9983)
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