Piedmont Color

#c2cec5

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

Inverse Color #3d313a
Complementary Color #cec2cb
Color Shade: mid green (135° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 78.43% (better contrasting with black)
Piedmont Color Sample
Piedmont Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c2cec5

If you're looking for a similar mid green shade, there are some better alternatives to Piedmont Color. The Illuminating Experience color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Young Gecko (#aac0ad) for more energetic effect. Try Vinalhaven as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#cec2cb is the best complementary color to Piedmont. Warm magenta shades generally complement the cool green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c2cec5 complementary color is Pale Slate, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and green cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pumice are #c4cec2 and #c2cecb. Thus found on the left and right of #c2cec5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pumice and Tiara colors as they work well with Piedmont.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Piedmont palette consists of #cec2c4 and #cbc2ce colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cec2cb). Try Cold Turkey and Chatelle colors in combination with #c2cec5, 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 #c2cec5 offers a combination of warm red and warm blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Piedmont. Thus Silver Rust and Gray Suit giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Piedmont contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pale Slate, Ghost, and Swirl split by 90° on the color wheel. #c2cec5 square combo is a palette of cool 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. Piedmont tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#cec2cb) and two others. The Gray Suit is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Kangaroo – 120° from the complementary Pale Slate. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c5c2ce and #cbcec2.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c2cec5 is made of 32% red, 35% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Piedmont has a hue angle of 135°, a saturation of 10.91% and a lightness of 78.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c2cec5 is made of 4.7% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.53% yellow and 19.22% black ink.

HEX #c2cec5
RGB Decimal rgb(194,206,197)
RGB Percentage 32%, 35%, 33%
CMYK 4.7, 0, 3.53, 19.22
HSL hsl(135,10.91%,78.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(135,5.83%,80.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(81.6438,-5.7493,3.056)
XYZ xyz(54.3975,59.6432,61.4686)
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