Ashwood Color

#bcc4bd

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

Inverse Color #433b42
Complementary Color #c3bcc3
Color Shade: mid green (127.5° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 75.29% (better contrasting with white)
Ashwood Color Sample
Ashwood Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bcc4bd

If you're looking for a similar mid green shade, there are some better alternatives to Ashwood Color. The Powdered Gum color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Young Gecko (#aac0ad) for more energetic effect. Try Bamboo Shoot as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c3bcc3 is the best complementary color to Ashwood. Cool magenta shades generally complement the mid green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bcc4bd complementary color is Pale Slate, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of yellow green, mid green, and green cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pumice are #bfc3bc and #bcc3c1. Thus found on the left and right of #bcc4bd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Spring and Powder Ash colors as they work well with Ashwood.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ashwood palette consists of #c3bcbf and #c1bcc3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c3bcc3). Try Pale Slate and Chatelle colors in combination with #bcc4bd, 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 #bcc4bd 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 Ashwood. Thus Silver and French Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ashwood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pale Slate, Silver Sand, and Cloud split by 90° on the color wheel. #bcc4bd square combo is a palette of mid green, blue 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. Ashwood tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#c3bcc3) and two others. The French Gray 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 #bdbcc3 and #c3c3bc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bcc4bd is made of 33% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Ashwood has a hue angle of 127.5°, a saturation of 6.35% and a lightness of 75.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bcc4bd is made of 3.13% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.74% yellow and 23.14% black ink.

HEX #bcc4bd
RGB Decimal rgb(188,196,189)
RGB Percentage 33%, 34%, 33%
CMYK 3.13, 0, 2.74, 23.14
HSL hsl(127.5,6.35%,75.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(127.5,4.08%,76.86%)
CIE-LAB lab(78.3715,-4.0517,2.5454)
XYZ xyz(49.6643,53.8453,55.9197)
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