Mountain Stream Color

#96afb7

Mountain Stream 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 #695048
Complementary Color #b79d95
Color Shade: mid cyan (194.55° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 65.29% (better contrasting with white)
Mountain Stream Color Sample
Mountain Stream Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #96afb7

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Mountain Stream Color. The Bay's Water color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Poolhouse (#8095a0) for more calm effect. Try Post Boy as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#b79d95 is the best complementary color to Mountain Stream. 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 #96afb7 complementary color is Thatch, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Gull Gray are #95b7ae and #959eb7. Thus found on the left and right of #96afb7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Summer Green and Gull Gray colors as they work well with Mountain Stream.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mountain Stream palette consists of #b7ae95 and #b7959e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b79d95). Try Heathered Gray and Thatch colors in combination with #96afb7, 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 #96afb7 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 Mountain Stream. Thus Swamp Green and Bouquet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mountain Stream contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Thatch, Amethyst Smoke, and Norway split by 90° on the color wheel. #96afb7 square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green 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 Stream tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#b79d95) and two others. The Bouquet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Summer Green – 120° from the complementary Thatch. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b795af and #95b79d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #96afb7 is made of 30% red, 34% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Mountain Stream has a hue angle of 194.55°, a saturation of 18.64% and a lightness of 65.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #96afb7 is made of 12.94% cyan, 3.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 28.24% black ink.

HEX #96afb7
RGB Decimal rgb(150,175,183)
RGB Percentage 30%, 34%, 36%
CMYK 12.94, 3.13, 0, 28.24
HSL hsl(194.55,18.64%,65.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(194.55,18.03%,71.76%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.8686,-6.8423,-6.9757)
XYZ xyz(36.4549,40.5629,50.7078)
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