Tropical Cyclone Color

#b9cabd

Tropical Cyclone is pale, warm-toned shade of mid green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm magenta, orange or mid blue

Inverse Color #463542
Complementary Color #cab9c5
Color Shade: mid green (134.12° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 75.88% (better contrasting with white)
Tropical Cyclone Color Sample
Tropical Cyclone Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b9cabd

If you're looking for a similar mid green shade, there are some better alternatives to Tropical Cyclone Color. The Fast as the Wind color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Greyed Jade (#9bbea9) for more energetic effect. Try Vinalhaven as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#cab9c5 is the best complementary color to Tropical Cyclone. Warm magenta shades generally complement the mid green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b9cabd complementary color is Lily, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm green, mid green, and green cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Powder Ash are #bdcab9 and #b9cac5. Thus found on the left and right of #b9cabd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Clay Ash and Powder Ash colors as they work well with Tropical Cyclone.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tropical Cyclone palette consists of #cab9bd and #c5b9ca colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cab9c5). Try Cold Turkey and Chatelle colors in combination with #b9cabd, 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 #b9cabd offers a combination of mid red and mid blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Tropical Cyclone. Thus Silver Rust and Gray Suit giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tropical Cyclone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lily, Ghost, and Ash split by 90° on the color wheel. #b9cabd square combo is a palette of mid green, cool blue, warm 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. Tropical Cyclone tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#cab9c5) and two others. The Gray Suit is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Kangaroo – 120° from the complementary Lily. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bdb9ca and #c5cab9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b9cabd is made of 32% red, 35% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Tropical Cyclone has a hue angle of 134.12°, a saturation of 13.82% and a lightness of 75.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b9cabd is made of 6.67% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.1% yellow and 20.78% black ink.

HEX #b9cabd
RGB Decimal rgb(185,202,189)
RGB Percentage 32%, 35%, 33%
CMYK 6.67, 0, 5.1, 20.78
HSL hsl(134.12,13.82%,75.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(134.12,8.42%,79.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.7442,-8.2218,4.5066)
XYZ xyz(50.3134,56.2295,56.3457)
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