Harbour Grey is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta
| Inverse Color | #573f44 |
| Complementary Color | #c0a7ac |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (167.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 70.59% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Harbour Grey Color. The Donnegal color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Green Meets Blue (#8ea8a0) for more calm effect. Try Sea Nymph as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#c0a7ac is the best complementary color to Harbour Grey. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a8c0bb complementary color is Thatch, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Opal are #a7c0ae and #a7b9c0. Thus found on the left and right of #a8c0bb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spring Rain and Tower Gray colors as they work well with Harbour Grey.
The split-complementary Harbour Grey palette consists of #c0aea7 and #c0a7b8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c0a7ac). Try Silk and Lily colors in combination with #a8c0bb, 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 #a8c0bb offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Harbour Grey. Thus Bison Hide and London Hue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Harbour Grey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Thatch, Chatelle, and Eagle split by 90° on the color wheel. #a8c0bb square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Harbour Grey tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#c0a7ac) and two others. The London Hue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Norway – 120° from the complementary Thatch. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bba7c0 and #acc0a7.
In a RGB color space, hex #a8c0bb is made of 31% red, 35% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Harbour Grey has a hue angle of 167.5°, a saturation of 16% and a lightness of 70.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a8c0bb is made of 9.41% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.96% yellow and 24.71% black ink.
| HEX | #a8c0bb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(168,192,187) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 35%, 34% |
| CMYK | 9.41, 0, 1.96, 24.71 |
| HSL | hsl(167.5,16%,70.59%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(167.5,12.5%,75.29%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.8305,-9.126,-0.2472) |
| XYZ | xyz(43.9677,49.612,54.2724) |