Beach Cottage 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 | #6b524f |
| Complementary Color | #af9794 |
| Color Shade: | mid cyan (186.43° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 63.53% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Beach Cottage Color. The Lexington Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Shady Grey (#849292) for more calm effect. Try Silent Tide as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#af9794 is the best complementary color to Beach Cottage. 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 #94adb0 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 Cascade are #94afa4 and #949faf. Thus found on the left and right of #94adb0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pewter and Gull Gray colors as they work well with Beach Cottage.
The split-complementary Beach Cottage palette consists of #afa494 and #af949e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#af9794). Try Napa and Dusty Gray colors in combination with #94adb0, 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 #94adb0 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 Beach Cottage. Thus Locust and Bouquet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Beach Cottage contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Del Rio, Amethyst Smoke, and Schist split by 90° on the color wheel. #94adb0 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. Beach Cottage tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#af9794) 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 #af94ac and #94af97.
In a RGB color space, hex #94adb0 is made of 30% red, 35% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Beach Cottage has a hue angle of 186.43°, a saturation of 15.05% and a lightness of 63.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #94adb0 is made of 10.98% cyan, 1.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 30.98% black ink.
| HEX | #94adb0 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(148,173,176) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 35%, 35% |
| CMYK | 10.98, 1.18, 0, 30.98 |
| HSL | hsl(186.43,15.05%,63.53%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(186.43,15.91%,69.02%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.9807,-7.9386,-4.4377) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.9928,39.3176,46.819) |