White Spruce is pale, warm-toned shade of cool green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm magenta, warm yellow or warm blue
| Inverse Color | #604252 |
| Complementary Color | #bd9faf |
| Color Shade: | cool green (148° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 68.24% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to White Spruce Color. The Powder Ash color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Padua (#7eb394) for more energetic effect. Try Soft Celadon as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#bd9faf is the best complementary color to White Spruce. Warm magenta shades generally complement the cool green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9fbdad complementary color is Lily, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and warm cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Summer Green are #a0bd9f and #9fbdbc. Thus found on the left and right of #9fbdad on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Norway and Tower Gray colors as they work well with White Spruce.
The split-complementary White Spruce palette consists of #bd9f9f and #bb9fbd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bd9faf). Try Thatch and London Hue colors in combination with #9fbdad, 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 #9fbdad offers a combination of warm red and warm blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the White Spruce. Thus Malta and Amethyst Smoke giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of White Spruce contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lily, Cadet Blue, and Bison Hide split by 90° on the color wheel. #9fbdad square combo is a palette of cool green, cool blue, warm magenta and warm yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. White Spruce tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#bd9faf) and two others. The Amethyst Smoke is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Norway – 120° from the complementary Lily. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ad9fbd and #afbd9f.
In a RGB color space, hex #9fbdad is made of 31% red, 36% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode White Spruce has a hue angle of 148°, a saturation of 18.52% and a lightness of 68.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9fbdad is made of 11.77% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.28% yellow and 25.88% black ink.
| HEX | #9fbdad |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(159,189,173) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 36%, 33% |
| CMYK | 11.77, 0, 6.28, 25.88 |
| HSL | hsl(148,18.52%,68.24%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(148,15.87%,74.12%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.0509,-13.3359,4.6963) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.0385,46.7833,46.455) |