Silver Mine Color

#bec2c1

Silver Mine is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet

Inverse Color #413d3e
Complementary Color #c2bebf
Color Shade: green cyan (165° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 75.29% (better contrasting with white)
Silver Mine Color Sample
Silver Mine Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bec2c1

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Silver Mine Color. The Lucinda color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Conch (#a0b1ae) for more energetic effect. Try Holly Glen as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c2bebf is the best complementary color to Silver Mine. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bec2c1 complementary color is Pale Slate, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Powder Ash are #bec2bf and #bec1c2. Thus found on the left and right of #bec2c1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pumice and Silver Sand colors as they work well with Silver Mine.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Silver Mine palette consists of #c2bfbe and #c2bec1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c2bebf). Try Silver and Pale Slate colors in combination with #bec2c1, 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 #bec2c1 offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Silver Mine. Thus Cloud and French Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Silver Mine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pale Slate, French Gray, and Gray Nickel split by 90° on the color wheel. #bec2c1 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid 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. Silver Mine tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#c2bebf) and two others. The French Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pumice – 120° from the complementary Pale Slate. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c1bec2 and #bfc2be.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bec2c1 is made of 33% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Silver Mine has a hue angle of 165°, a saturation of 3.17% and a lightness of 75.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bec2c1 is made of 1.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.39% yellow and 23.92% black ink.

HEX #bec2c1
RGB Decimal rgb(190,194,193)
RGB Percentage 33%, 34%, 33%
CMYK 1.57, 0, 0.39, 23.92
HSL hsl(165,3.17%,75.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(165,2.06%,76.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(78.0994,-1.5633,0.0098)
XYZ xyz(50.1526,53.381,58.1123)
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