Slate Stone Color

#acb4ac

Slate Stone is pale, warm-toned shade of warm green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool magenta, orange or cool blue

Inverse Color #534b53
Complementary Color #b4abb4
Color Shade: warm green (120° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 69.02% (better contrasting with white)
Slate Stone Color Sample
Slate Stone Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #acb4ac

If you're looking for a similar warm green shade, there are some better alternatives to Slate Stone Color. The Mortar Grey color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Mantle (#96a793) for more energetic effect. Try Frosted Jade as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#b4abb4 is the best complementary color to Slate Stone. 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 #acb4ac complementary color is Shady Lady, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool yellow, warm green, and green cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Green Spring are #b0b4ab and #abb4b0. Thus found on the left and right of #acb4ac on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bud and Edward colors as they work well with Slate Stone.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Slate Stone palette consists of #b4abb0 and #b0abb4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b4abb4). Try Shady Lady and Spun Pearl colors in combination with #acb4ac, 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 #acb4ac 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 Slate Stone. Thus Nobel and Spun Pearl giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Slate Stone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shady Lady, Gray Chateau, and Cloudy split by 90° on the color wheel. #acb4ac square combo is a palette of warm green, cool cyan, cool magenta and orange 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. Slate Stone tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#b4abb4) and two others. The Spun Pearl is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eagle – 120° from the complementary Shady Lady. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ababb4 and #b4b4ab.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #acb4ac is made of 33% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Slate Stone has a hue angle of 120°, a saturation of 5.06% and a lightness of 69.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #acb4ac is made of 3.14% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.14% yellow and 29.41% black ink.

HEX #acb4ac
RGB Decimal rgb(172,180,172)
RGB Percentage 33%, 34%, 33%
CMYK 3.14, 0, 3.14, 29.41
HSL hsl(120,5.06%,69.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(120,4.44%,70.59%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.4896,-4.3034,3.0993)
XYZ xyz(40.7809,44.3917,45.4488)
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