Night Sky is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, green cyan or mid red
| Inverse Color | #d5d5ca |
| Complementary Color | #34342a |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (240° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 18.63% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Night Sky Color. The Flint Purple color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Piano Black (#17171a) for more calm effect. Try Midnight Serenade as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#34342a is the best complementary color to Night Sky. 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 #2a2a35 complementary color is Rangitoto, 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 Charade are #2a2f34 and #2f2a34. Thus found on the left and right of #2a2a35 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Shark and Baltic Sea colors as they work well with Night Sky.
The split-complementary Night Sky palette consists of #2f342a and #342f2a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#34342a). Try Heavy Metal and Dune colors in combination with #2a2a35, 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 #2a2a35 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 Night Sky. Thus Heavy Metal and Thunder giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Night Sky contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Rangitoto, Thunder, and Outer Space split by 90° on the color wheel. #2a2a35 square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and green cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Night Sky tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#34342a) and two others. The Thunder is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Outer Space – 120° from the complementary Rangitoto. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #342a2a and #2a3434.
In a RGB color space, hex #2a2a35 is made of 31% red, 31% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Night Sky has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 11.58% and a lightness of 18.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #2a2a35 is made of 4.31% cyan, 4.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 79.22% black ink.
| HEX | #2a2a35 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(42,42,53) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 31%, 39% |
| CMYK | 4.31, 4.31, 0, 79.22 |
| HSL | hsl(240,11.58%,18.63%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(240,20.75%,20.78%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(17.4844,2.8746,-7.0754) |
| XYZ | xyz(2.4254,2.4052,3.7046) |