Smoky Tone Color

#9d9e9d

Smoky Tone is pale, warm-toned shade of warm green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool magenta, mid red or cool blue

Inverse Color #626162
Complementary Color #9e9d9e
Color Shade: warm green (120° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 61.76% (better contrasting with white)
Smoky Tone Color Sample
Smoky Tone Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9d9e9d

If you're looking for a similar warm green shade, there are some better alternatives to Smoky Tone Color. The Mountain Moss color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Pewter (#91a092) for more energetic effect. Try Dowager as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#9e9d9e is the best complementary color to Smoky Tone. 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 #9d9e9d complementary color is Shady Lady, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm green, warm green, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Stack are #9d9e9d and #9d9e9d. Thus found on the left and right of #9d9e9d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Stack and Stack colors as they work well with Smoky Tone.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Smoky Tone palette consists of #9e9d9d and #9d9d9e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9e9d9e). Try Dusty Gray and Manatee colors in combination with #9d9e9d, 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 #9d9e9d offers a combination of mid red and cool blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Smoky Tone. Thus Dusty Gray and Manatee giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Smoky Tone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shady Lady, Manatee, and Dusty Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #9d9e9d square combo is a palette of warm green, cool blue, cool magenta and mid red 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. Smoky Tone tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#9e9d9e) and two others. The Manatee is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Star Dust – 120° from the complementary Shady Lady. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9d9d9e and #9e9e9d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9d9e9d is made of 33% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Smoky Tone has a hue angle of 120°, a saturation of 0.51% and a lightness of 61.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9d9e9d is made of 0.39% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.39% yellow and 38.04% black ink.

HEX #9d9e9d
RGB Decimal rgb(157,158,157)
RGB Percentage 33%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0.39, 0, 0.39, 38.04
HSL hsl(120,0.51%,61.76%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(120,0.63%,61.96%)
CIE-LAB lab(65.0071,-0.5476,0.3873)
XYZ xyz(32.2173,34.0561,36.7737)
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