Lunar Surface Color

#b6b9b6

Lunar Surface is pale, warm-toned shade of warm green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool magenta, warm red or cool blue

Inverse Color #494649
Complementary Color #b9b6b9
Color Shade: warm green (120° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 71.96% (better contrasting with white)
Lunar Surface Color Sample
Lunar Surface Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b6b9b6

If you're looking for a similar warm green shade, there are some better alternatives to Lunar Surface Color. The Nature's Gift color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Rockfall (#aabbaa) for more energetic effect. Try Wormwood Green as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#b9b6b9 is the best complementary color to Lunar Surface. 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 #b6b9b6 complementary color is Pale Slate, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of yellow green, warm green, and cool green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pumice are #b7b9b6 and #b6b9b7. Thus found on the left and right of #b6b9b6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Spring and Pumice colors as they work well with Lunar Surface.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Lunar Surface palette consists of #b9b6b7 and #b7b6b9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b9b6b9). Try Pink Swan and French Gray colors in combination with #b6b9b6, 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 #b6b9b6 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 Lunar Surface. Thus Nobel and Bombay giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Lunar Surface contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pale Slate, Bombay, and Nobel split by 90° on the color wheel. #b6b9b6 square combo is a palette of warm green, blue cyan, cool magenta and warm red 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. Lunar Surface tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#b9b6b9) and two others. The Bombay is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gray Nickel – 120° from the complementary Pale Slate. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b6b6b9 and #b9b9b6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b6b9b6 is made of 33% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Lunar Surface has a hue angle of 120°, a saturation of 2.1% and a lightness of 71.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b6b9b6 is made of 1.18% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.18% yellow and 27.45% black ink.

HEX #b6b9b6
RGB Decimal rgb(182,185,182)
RGB Percentage 33%, 34%, 33%
CMYK 1.18, 0, 1.18, 27.45
HSL hsl(120,2.1%,71.96%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(120,1.62%,72.55%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.8378,-1.6024,1.144)
XYZ xyz(45.0839,48.0204,51.1487)
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