Gentle Calm Color

#c4cebf

Gentle Calm is pale, warm-toned shade of yellow green. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with violet, mid red or blue cyan

Inverse Color #3b3140
Complementary Color #c9bfce
Color Shade: yellow green (100° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 77.84% (better contrasting with black)
Gentle Calm Color Sample
Gentle Calm Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c4cebf

If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Gentle Calm Color. The Pale Sage color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool yellow bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Smoke Green (#a8bba2) for more energetic effect. Try Norway as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c9bfce is the best complementary color to Gentle Calm. Violet shades generally complement the yellow green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c4cebf complementary color is Chatelle, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid yellow, yellow green, and mid green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Clay Ash are #cbcebf and #bfcec1. Thus found on the left and right of #c4cebf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Kangaroo and Powder Ash colors as they work well with Gentle Calm.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gentle Calm palette consists of #cebfcb and #c1bfce colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c9bfce). Try Maverick and Gray Suit colors in combination with #c4cebf, 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 #c4cebf offers a combination of red magenta and blue cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Gentle Calm. Thus Cold Turkey and Ghost giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gentle Calm contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chatelle, Loblolly, and Silver Rust split by 90° on the color wheel. #c4cebf square combo is a palette of yellow green, mid cyan, violet and mid red 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. Gentle Calm tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#c9bfce) and two others. The Ghost is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Swirl – 120° from the complementary Chatelle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bfc4ce and #cec9bf.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c4cebf is made of 33% red, 35% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Gentle Calm has a hue angle of 100°, a saturation of 13.27% and a lightness of 77.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c4cebf is made of 3.92% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.88% yellow and 19.22% black ink.

HEX #c4cebf
RGB Decimal rgb(196,206,191)
RGB Percentage 33%, 35%, 32%
CMYK 3.92, 0, 5.88, 19.22
HSL hsl(100,13.27%,77.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(100,7.28%,80.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(81.6421,-6.1422,6.2755)
XYZ xyz(54.2402,59.64,57.9431)
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