Nantucket Mist is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, violet or warm green
| Inverse Color | #354040 |
| Complementary Color | #becaca |
| Color Shade: | mid red (0° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 77.06% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Nantucket Mist Color. The Silver Lake color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Gainsboro (#dcdcdc) for more calm effect. Try Steam as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#becaca is the best complementary color to Nantucket Mist. Warm cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #cabfbf complementary color is Submarine, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Silver Rust are #cabec4 and #cac4be. Thus found on the left and right of #cabfbf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pale Slate and Silver Rust colors as they work well with Nantucket Mist.
The split-complementary Nantucket Mist palette consists of #bec4ca and #becac4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#becaca). Try Loblolly and Powder Ash colors in combination with #cabfbf, 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 #cabfbf offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Nantucket Mist. Thus French Gray and Pumice giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Nantucket Mist contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Submarine, Kangaroo, and Gray Suit split by 90° on the color wheel. #cabfbf square combo is a palette of mid red, cool yellow, warm cyan and violet shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Nantucket Mist tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#becaca) and two others. The Pumice is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pale Slate – 120° from the complementary Submarine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #becabe and #cabeca.
In a RGB color space, hex #cabfbf is made of 35% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Nantucket Mist has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 9.4% and a lightness of 77.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cabfbf is made of 0% cyan, 4.32% magenta, 4.32% yellow and 20.78% black ink.
| HEX | #cabfbf |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(202,191,191) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 33%, 33% |
| CMYK | 0, 4.32, 4.32, 20.78 |
| HSL | hsl(0,9.4%,77.06%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(0,5.45%,79.22%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.216,3.8599,1.3745) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.3919,53.5797,56.8708) |