Recycled Glass Color

#b7c3b7

Recycled Glass 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 #483c48
Complementary Color #c3b7c3
Color Shade: warm green (120° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 74.12% (better contrasting with white)
Recycled Glass Color Sample
Recycled Glass Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b7c3b7

If you're looking for a similar warm green shade, there are some better alternatives to Recycled Glass Color. The Noghrei Silver color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Sterling (#d1d4d1) for more calm effect. Try Reflection as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c3b7c3 is the best complementary color to Recycled Glass. 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 #b7c3b7 complementary color is Pale Slate, 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 Pumice are #bdc3b7 and #b7c3bd. Thus found on the left and right of #b7c3b7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Spring and Powder Ash colors as they work well with Recycled Glass.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Recycled Glass palette consists of #c3b7bd and #bdb7c3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c3b7c3). Try Pink Swan and Chatelle colors in combination with #b7c3b7, 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 #b7c3b7 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 Recycled Glass. Thus Pink Swan and French Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Recycled Glass contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pale Slate, Submarine, and Cotton Seed split by 90° on the color wheel. #b7c3b7 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. Recycled Glass tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#c3b7c3) and two others. The French Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mist Gray – 120° from the complementary Pale Slate. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b7b7c3 and #c3c3b7.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b7c3b7 is made of 33% red, 35% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Recycled Glass has a hue angle of 120°, a saturation of 9.09% and a lightness of 74.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b7c3b7 is made of 4.71% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.71% yellow and 23.53% black ink.

HEX #b7c3b7
RGB Decimal rgb(183,195,183)
RGB Percentage 33%, 35%, 33%
CMYK 4.71, 0, 4.71, 23.53
HSL hsl(120,9.09%,74.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(120,6.15%,76.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(77.5886,-6.3617,4.601)
XYZ xyz(47.5908,52.5164,52.4281)
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