Limestone Slate is pale, warm-toned shade of warm green. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool magenta, warm red or cool blue
| Inverse Color | #3a1f42 |
| Complementary Color | #d8bde0 |
| Color Shade: | warm green (106.29° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 80.98% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm green shade, there are some better alternatives to Limestone Slate Color. The Soft Focus color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Winter Shamrock (#e3efdd) for more calm effect. Try Hill Giant as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#d8bde0 is the best complementary color to Limestone Slate. Cool magenta shades generally complement the warm green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c5e0bd complementary color is Prelude, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool yellow, warm green, and cool green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pixie Green are #d6e0bd and #bde0c6. Thus found on the left and right of #c5e0bd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Beryl Green and Edgewater colors as they work well with Limestone Slate.
The split-complementary Limestone Slate palette consists of #e0bdd6 and #c6bde0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d8bde0). Try Melanie and Prelude colors in combination with #c5e0bd, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #c5e0bd offers a combination of cool red and cool blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Limestone Slate. Thus Pink Flare and Periwinkle Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Limestone Slate contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Prelude, Ziggurat, and Cavern Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #c5e0bd square combo is a palette of warm green, cool cyan, cool magenta and warm red shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Limestone Slate tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#d8bde0) and two others. The Periwinkle Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bone – 120° from the complementary Prelude. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bdc5e0 and #e0d8bd.
In a RGB color space, hex #c5e0bd is made of 32% red, 37% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Limestone Slate has a hue angle of 106.29°, a saturation of 36.08% and a lightness of 80.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c5e0bd is made of 10.59% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.72% yellow and 12.16% black ink.
| HEX | #c5e0bd |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(197,224,189) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 37%, 31% |
| CMYK | 10.59, 0, 13.72, 12.16 |
| HSL | hsl(106.29,36.08%,80.98%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(106.29,15.63%,87.84%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.4326,-15.3188,14.1731) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.8669,68.8557,58.332) |