Peat Swamp Forest Color

#988c75

Peat Swamp Forest is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #67738a
Complementary Color #748098
Color Shade: orange (39.43° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 52.75% (better contrasting with white)
Peat Swamp Forest Color Sample
Peat Swamp Forest Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #988c75

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Peat Swamp Forest Color. The Colusa Wetlands color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Dull Olive (#7a7564) for more calm effect. Try Urban Garden as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#748098 is the best complementary color to Peat Swamp Forest. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #988c75 complementary color is Slate Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pale Oyster are #987a74 and #929874. Thus found on the left and right of #988c75 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hemp and Gurkha colors as they work well with Peat Swamp Forest.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Peat Swamp Forest palette consists of #7a7498 and #749298 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#748098). Try Waterloo and Juniper colors in combination with #988c75, 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 #988c75 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Peat Swamp Forest. Thus Trendy Pink and Oxley giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Peat Swamp Forest contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Slate Gray, Laurel, and Mountbatten Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #988c75 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta 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. Peat Swamp Forest tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#748098) and two others. The Oxley is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bazaar – 120° from the complementary Slate Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #74988c and #987480.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #988c75 is made of 37% red, 34% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Peat Swamp Forest has a hue angle of 39.43°, a saturation of 14.52% and a lightness of 52.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #988c75 is made of 0% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 13.73% yellow and 40.39% black ink.

HEX #988c75
RGB Decimal rgb(152,140,117)
RGB Percentage 37%, 34%, 29%
CMYK 0, 4.71, 13.73, 40.39
HSL hsl(39.43,14.52%,52.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(39.43,23.03%,59.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.7105,0.6126,13.9212)
XYZ xyz(25.5379,26.7159,20.6403)
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