Hammered Silver is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green
| Inverse Color | #687580 |
| Complementary Color | #7f8c97 |
| Color Shade: | warm red (27.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 54.51% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Hammered Silver Color. The Fetched Stick color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Moroccan Brown (#7c726c) for more calm effect. Try Elephant as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#7f8c97 is the best complementary color to Hammered Silver. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #978a7f complementary color is Regent Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Squirrel are #977f80 and #97967f. Thus found on the left and right of #978a7f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bazaar and Gurkha colors as they work well with Hammered Silver.
The split-complementary Hammered Silver palette consists of #7f8097 and #7f9796 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7f8c97). Try Waterloo and Granny Smith colors in combination with #978a7f, 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 #978a7f offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Hammered Silver. Thus Mobster and Spanish Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Hammered Silver contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Regent Gray, Spanish Green, and Mamba split by 90° on the color wheel. #978a7f square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Hammered Silver tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#7f8c97) and two others. The Spanish Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mountbatten Pink – 120° from the complementary Regent Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7f978a and #977f8c.
In a RGB color space, hex #978a7f is made of 36% red, 33% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Hammered Silver has a hue angle of 27.5°, a saturation of 10.34% and a lightness of 54.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #978a7f is made of 0% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 9.42% yellow and 40.78% black ink.
| HEX | #978a7f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(151,138,127) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 33%, 31% |
| CMYK | 0, 5.1, 9.42, 40.78 |
| HSL | hsl(27.5,10.34%,54.51%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(27.5,15.89%,59.22%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.31,2.9436,7.6453) |
| XYZ | xyz(25.6817,26.2886,23.7993) |