Grey Screen Color

#c6caca

Grey Screen is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #393535
Complementary Color #cac6c6
Color Shade: warm cyan (180° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 78.43% (better contrasting with black)
Grey Screen Color Sample
Grey Screen Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c6caca

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Grey Screen Color. The Greenwich Village color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Watery (#aebdbb) for more energetic effect. Try Nautical Star as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#cac6c6 is the best complementary color to Grey Screen. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c6caca complementary color is Silver, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Silver Sand are #c6cac8 and #c6c8ca. Thus found on the left and right of #c6caca on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pumice and Silver Sand colors as they work well with Grey Screen.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Grey Screen palette consists of #cac8c6 and #cac6c8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cac6c6). Try Cloud and Pale Slate colors in combination with #c6caca, 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 #c6caca offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Grey Screen. Thus Gray Nickel and Pale Slate giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Grey Screen contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Silver, French Gray, and Kangaroo split by 90° on the color wheel. #c6caca square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, mid red and cool 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. Grey Screen tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#cac6c6) and two others. The Pale Slate is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pumice – 120° from the complementary Silver. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cac6ca and #c6cac6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c6caca is made of 33% red, 34% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Grey Screen has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 3.64% and a lightness of 78.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c6caca is made of 1.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black ink.

HEX #c6caca
RGB Decimal rgb(198,202,202)
RGB Percentage 33%, 34%, 34%
CMYK 1.57, 0, 0, 20.78
HSL hsl(180,3.64%,78.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(180,1.98%,79.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(81.0221,-1.3659,-0.4885)
XYZ xyz(55.0699,58.5111,64.2684)
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