Folk Tales is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet
| Inverse Color | #5a3e49 |
| Complementary Color | #c1a4af |
| Color Shade: | green cyan (156.43° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 70.2% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Folk Tales Color. The Galago color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Key Largo (#7fb6a4) for more energetic effect. Try Spruce Shade as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#c1a4af is the best complementary color to Folk Tales. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a5c1b6 complementary color is Lily, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Opal are #a4c1a8 and #a4bdc1. Thus found on the left and right of #a5c1b6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spring Rain and Tower Gray colors as they work well with Folk Tales.
The split-complementary Folk Tales palette consists of #c1a8a4 and #c1a4bd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c1a4af). Try Thatch and Lily colors in combination with #a5c1b6, 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 #a5c1b6 offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Folk Tales. Thus Bison Hide and London Hue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Folk Tales contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lily, Cadet Blue, and Eagle split by 90° on the color wheel. #a5c1b6 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Folk Tales tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#c1a4af) and two others. The London Hue 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 #b6a4c1 and #afc1a4.
In a RGB color space, hex #a5c1b6 is made of 31% red, 36% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Folk Tales has a hue angle of 156.43°, a saturation of 18.42% and a lightness of 70.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a5c1b6 is made of 10.98% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.32% yellow and 24.31% black ink.
| HEX | #a5c1b6 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(165,193,182) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 36%, 34% |
| CMYK | 10.98, 0, 4.32, 24.31 |
| HSL | hsl(156.43,18.42%,70.2%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(156.43,14.51%,75.69%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.7716,-11.6397,2.3528) |
| XYZ | xyz(43.0305,49.5167,51.5457) |