Black Beauty is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or mid red
| Inverse Color | #d9d9d5 |
| Complementary Color | #2a2a26 |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (240° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 15.69% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Black Beauty Color. The Black Marlin color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Parisian Night (#323441) for more energetic effect. Try Sceptre Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#2a2a26 is the best complementary color to Black Beauty. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #26262a complementary color is Tuatara, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Shark are #26282a and #28262a. Thus found on the left and right of #26262a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Shark and Baltic Sea colors as they work well with Black Beauty.
The split-complementary Black Beauty palette consists of #282a26 and #2a2826 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2a2a26). Try Heavy Metal and Dune colors in combination with #26262a, 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 #26262a offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Black Beauty. Thus Heavy Metal and Mine Shaft giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Black Beauty contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tuatara, Thunder, and Heavy Metal split by 90° on the color wheel. #26262a square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Black Beauty tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#2a2a26) and two others. The Mine Shaft is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Outer Space – 120° from the complementary Tuatara. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2a2626 and #262a2a.
In a RGB color space, hex #26262a is made of 32% red, 32% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Black Beauty has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 5% and a lightness of 15.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #26262a is made of 1.57% cyan, 1.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 83.53% black ink.
| HEX | #26262a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(38,38,42) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 32%, 36% |
| CMYK | 1.57, 1.57, 0, 83.53 |
| HSL | hsl(240,5%,15.69%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(240,9.52%,16.47%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(15.3049,1.0096,-2.636) |
| XYZ | xyz(1.9104,1.9655,2.4692) |