Mountain Mist Color

#959396

Mountain Mist is pale, cool-toned shade of violet. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, mid cyan or warm yellow

Inverse Color #6a6c69
Complementary Color #939692
Color Shade: violet (280° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 58.24% (better contrasting with white)
Mountain Mist Color Sample
Mountain Mist Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #959396

If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Mountain Mist Color. The Endless Slumber color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm blue bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Magic Dust (#817c85) for more energetic effect. Try Purple Ash as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#939692 is the best complementary color to Mountain Mist. Warm green shades generally complement the violet hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #959396 complementary color is Stack, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid blue, violet, and mid magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Mountain Mist are #939296 and #969295. Thus found on the left and right of #959396 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mountain Mist and Venus colors as they work well with Mountain Mist.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mountain Mist palette consists of #929693 and #959692 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#939692). Try Stack and Lemon Grass colors in combination with #959396, 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 #959396 offers a combination of warm cyan and warm yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mountain Mist. Thus Gunsmoke and Star Dust giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mountain Mist contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Stack, Natural Gray, and Oslo Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #959396 square combo is a palette of violet, mid red, warm green and mid cyan 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. Mountain Mist tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#939692) and two others. The Star Dust is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Oslo Gray – 120° from the complementary Stack. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #969592 and #929396.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #959396 is made of 33% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Mountain Mist has a hue angle of 280°, a saturation of 1.41% and a lightness of 58.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #959396 is made of 0.39% cyan, 1.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 41.18% black ink.

HEX #959396
RGB Decimal rgb(149,147,150)
RGB Percentage 33%, 33%, 34%
CMYK 0.39, 1.17, 0, 41.18
HSL hsl(280,1.41%,58.24%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(280,2%,58.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(61.1846,1.3147,-1.3297)
XYZ xyz(28.3332,29.459,33.047)
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