Silver Spruce is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta
| Inverse Color | #352022 |
| Complementary Color | #decacb |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (174.29° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 83.33% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Silver Spruce Color. The Sheikh Zayed White color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Cassiopeia (#aed0c9) for more energetic effect. Try Breaker as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#decacb is the best complementary color to Silver Spruce. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #cadfdd complementary color is Wafer, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Paris White are #caded2 and #cad6de. Thus found on the left and right of #cadfdd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Paris White and Geyser colors as they work well with Silver Spruce.
The split-complementary Silver Spruce palette consists of #ded2ca and #decad6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#decacb). Try Wafer and Lola colors in combination with #cadfdd, 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 #cadfdd 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 Silver Spruce. Thus Moon Mist and Snuff giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Silver Spruce contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wafer, Blue Haze, and Periglacial Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #cadfdd square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Silver Spruce tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#decacb) and two others. The Snuff is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sea Mist – 120° from the complementary Wafer. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #dccade and #cbdeca.
In a RGB color space, hex #cadfdd is made of 31% red, 35% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Silver Spruce has a hue angle of 174.29°, a saturation of 24.71% and a lightness of 83.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cadfdd is made of 8.23% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.78% yellow and 12.55% black ink.
| HEX | #cadfdd |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(202,223,221) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 35%, 34% |
| CMYK | 8.23, 0, 0.78, 12.55 |
| HSL | hsl(174.29,24.71%,83.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(174.29,9.42%,87.45%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.2671,-7.3377,-1.4123) |
| XYZ | xyz(63.7959,70.5524,78.6622) |