Scotland Road is pale, warm-toned shade of warm green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool magenta, warm red or cool blue
| Inverse Color | #645565 |
| Complementary Color | #a89aa9 |
| Color Shade: | warm green (116.25° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 63.53% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm green shade, there are some better alternatives to Scotland Road Color. The Eat Your Peas color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Chain Reaction (#a4a6a4) for more calm effect. Try Quiet Time as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#a89aa9 is the best complementary color to Scotland Road. Cool magenta shades generally complement the warm green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9baa9a complementary color is Mountain Mist, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool yellow, warm green, and cool green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Envy are #a3a99a and #9aa9a1. Thus found on the left and right of #9baa9a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bud and Pewter colors as they work well with Scotland Road.
The split-complementary Scotland Road palette consists of #a99aa3 and #a19aa9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a89aa9). Try Dusty Gray and Amethyst Smoke colors in combination with #9baa9a, 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 #9baa9a offers a combination of cool red and cool blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Scotland Road. Thus Dusty Gray and Santas Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Scotland Road contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mountain Mist, Gray Chateau, and Cloudy split by 90° on the color wheel. #9baa9a square combo is a palette of warm green, cool cyan, cool magenta and warm red shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Scotland Road tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#a89aa9) and two others. The Santas Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Delta – 120° from the complementary Mountain Mist. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9a9ba9 and #a9a89a.
In a RGB color space, hex #9baa9a is made of 32% red, 35% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Scotland Road has a hue angle of 116.25°, a saturation of 8.6% and a lightness of 63.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9baa9a is made of 5.89% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.28% yellow and 33.33% black ink.
| HEX | #9baa9a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(155,170,154) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 35%, 32% |
| CMYK | 5.89, 0, 6.28, 33.33 |
| HSL | hsl(116.25,8.6%,63.53%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(116.25,9.41%,66.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.0583,-8.3434,6.454) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.725,38.0511,36.1389) |