Green Wash Color

#c6ddcd

Green Wash is pale, warm-toned shade of cool green. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm magenta, warm yellow or warm blue

Inverse Color #392232
Complementary Color #dcc6d5
Color Shade: cool green (138.26° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 82.16% (better contrasting with black)
Green Wash Color Sample
Green Wash Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c6ddcd

If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Green Wash Color. The Feather Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Hallowed Hush (#e2ebe5) for more calm effect. Try Sea Pearl as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#dcc6d5 is the best complementary color to Green Wash. 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 #c6ddcd complementary color is Maverick, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and warm cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Sea Mist are #cadcc6 and #c6dcd8. Thus found on the left and right of #c6ddcd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sea Mist and Paris White colors as they work well with Green Wash.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Green Wash palette consists of #dcc6ca and #d8c6dc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#dcc6d5). Try Wafer and Blue Haze colors in combination with #c6ddcd, 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 #c6ddcd 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 Green Wash. Thus Wafer and Blue Haze giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Green Wash contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Maverick, Blue Haze, and Moon Mist split by 90° on the color wheel. #c6ddcd square combo is a palette of cool green, cool blue, warm magenta and warm 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. Green Wash tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#dcc6d5) and two others. The Blue Haze is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tana – 120° from the complementary Maverick. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cdc6dc and #d5dcc6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c6ddcd is made of 32% red, 35% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Green Wash has a hue angle of 138.26°, a saturation of 25.27% and a lightness of 82.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c6ddcd is made of 9.02% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.28% yellow and 13.33% black ink.

HEX #c6ddcd
RGB Decimal rgb(198,221,205)
RGB Percentage 32%, 35%, 33%
CMYK 9.02, 0, 6.28, 13.33
HSL hsl(138.26,25.27%,82.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(138.26,10.41%,86.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.0696,-10.6455,5.2493)
XYZ xyz(60.1646,68.1264,67.7363)
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