Greenwich Village Color

#afbfbe

Greenwich Village 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 #504041
Complementary Color #bfafb0
Color Shade: warm cyan (176.25° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 71.76% (better contrasting with white)
Greenwich Village Color Sample
Greenwich Village Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #afbfbe

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Greenwich Village Color. The Silent Film color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Bon Voyage (#8baeb2) for more energetic effect. Try Jitterbug Lure as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bfafb0 is the best complementary color to Greenwich Village. 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 #afbfbe complementary color is Pink Swan, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Tower Gray are #afbfb6 and #afb8bf. Thus found on the left and right of #afbfbe on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Powder Ash and Tower Gray colors as they work well with Greenwich Village.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Greenwich Village palette consists of #bfb6af and #bfafb8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bfafb0). Try Tide and Pink Swan colors in combination with #afbfbe, 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 #afbfbe 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 Greenwich Village. Thus Ash and Chatelle giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Greenwich Village contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pink Swan, Chatelle, and Green Spring split by 90° on the color wheel. #afbfbe square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow 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. Greenwich Village tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#bfafb0) and two others. The Chatelle is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Green Spring – 120° from the complementary Pink Swan. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #beafbf and #b0bfaf.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #afbfbe is made of 31% red, 34% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Greenwich Village has a hue angle of 176.25°, a saturation of 11.11% and a lightness of 71.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #afbfbe is made of 6.27% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.39% yellow and 25.1% black ink.

HEX #afbfbe
RGB Decimal rgb(175,191,190)
RGB Percentage 31%, 34%, 34%
CMYK 6.27, 0, 0.39, 25.1
HSL hsl(176.25,11.11%,71.76%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(176.25,8.38%,74.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(76.1265,-5.6625,-1.3833)
XYZ xyz(45.6043,50.0933,55.9806)
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