Elephant is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta
| Inverse Color | #edcbb8 |
| Complementary Color | #462512 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (201.51° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 17.45% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Elephant Color. The Lazurite Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Seafarer (#204d68) for more calm effect. Try Lucidity as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#462512 is the best complementary color to Elephant. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #123447 complementary color is Deep Oak, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Elephant are #12463f and #121946. Thus found on the left and right of #123447 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Elephant and Bunting colors as they work well with Elephant.
The split-complementary Elephant palette consists of #463f12 and #461219 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#462512). Try Punga and Paco colors in combination with #123447, 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 #123447 offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Elephant. Thus Clover and Wine Berry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Elephant contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Deep Oak, Valentino, and Parsley split by 90° on the color wheel. #123447 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Elephant tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#462512) and two others. The Wine Berry is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Parsley – 120° from the complementary Deep Oak. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #461233 and #124625.
In a RGB color space, hex #123447 is made of 13% red, 37% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Elephant has a hue angle of 201.51°, a saturation of 59.55% and a lightness of 17.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #123447 is made of 20.78% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 72.16% black ink.
| HEX | #123447 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(18,52,71) |
| RGB Percentage | 13%, 37%, 50% |
| CMYK | 20.78, 7.45, 0, 72.16 |
| HSL | hsl(201.51,59.55%,17.45%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(201.51,74.65%,27.84%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(20.2015,-5.1016,-15.3871) |
| XYZ | xyz(2.6148,3.0395,6.4101) |