Ardósia Color

#232f2c

Ardósia is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, cool yellow or violet

Inverse Color #dcd0d3
Complementary Color #2f2326
Color Shade: green cyan (165° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 16.08% (better contrasting with white)
Ardósia Color Sample
Ardósia Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #232f2c

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Ardósia Color. The Darkest Spruce color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Refined Green (#384543) for more calm effect. Try Cape Cod as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#2f2326 is the best complementary color to Ardósia. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #232f2c complementary color is Thunder, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Outer Space are #232f26 and #232c2f. Thus found on the left and right of #232f2c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Heavy Metal and Outer Space colors as they work well with Ardósia.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ardósia palette consists of #2f2623 and #2f232c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2f2326). Try Cocoa Brown and Thunder colors in combination with #232f2c, 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 #232f2c offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Ardósia. Thus Rangitoto and Bastille giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ardósia contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Thunder, Charade, and Rangitoto split by 90° on the color wheel. #232f2c square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta 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. Ardósia tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#2f2326) and two others. The Bastille is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Heavy Metal – 120° from the complementary Thunder. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2c232f and #262f23.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #232f2c is made of 28% red, 37% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Ardósia has a hue angle of 165°, a saturation of 14.63% and a lightness of 16.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #232f2c is made of 4.7% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.18% yellow and 81.57% black ink.

HEX #232f2c
RGB Decimal rgb(35,47,44)
RGB Percentage 28%, 37%, 35%
CMYK 4.7, 0, 1.18, 81.57
HSL hsl(165,14.63%,16.08%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(165,25.53%,18.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(18.2421,-5.8761,0.2498)
XYZ xyz(2.1643,2.5722,2.7653)
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