Dusky Mood is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, mid green or cool red
| Inverse Color | #686457 |
| Complementary Color | #a8a497 |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (225.88° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 62.55% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Dusky Mood Color. The Harbour Fog color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Deep Smoke Signal (#7d8392) for more calm effect. Try Stowaway as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#a8a497 is the best complementary color to Dusky Mood. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #979ba8 complementary color is Dawn, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Manatee are #97a3a8 and #9b97a8. Thus found on the left and right of #979ba8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gray Chateau and Santas Gray colors as they work well with Dusky Mood.
The split-complementary Dusky Mood palette consists of #a3a897 and #a89b97 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a8a497). Try Bud and Martini colors in combination with #979ba8, 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 #979ba8 offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Dusky Mood. Thus Bud and Dusty Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Dusky Mood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dawn, Shady Lady, and Pewter split by 90° on the color wheel. #979ba8 square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Dusky Mood tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#a8a497) and two others. The Dusty Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pewter – 120° from the complementary Dawn. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a8979b and #97a8a4.
In a RGB color space, hex #979ba8 is made of 32% red, 33% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Dusky Mood has a hue angle of 225.88°, a saturation of 8.9% and a lightness of 62.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #979ba8 is made of 6.66% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.12% black ink.
| HEX | #979ba8 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(151,155,168) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 33%, 35% |
| CMYK | 6.66, 5.1, 0, 34.12 |
| HSL | hsl(225.88,8.9%,62.55%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(225.88,10.12%,65.88%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.0386,1.2097,-7.2704) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.5517,32.8492,41.7234) |