Pauper Color

#343445

Pauper 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 #cbcbba
Complementary Color #454534
Color Shade: cool blue (240° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 23.73% (better contrasting with white)
Pauper Color Sample
Pauper Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #343445

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Pauper Color. The Deep Cobalt 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 Storm Is Coming (#3d3d63) for more energetic effect. Try Black Beauty as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#454534 is the best complementary color to Pauper. 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 #343445 complementary color is Kelp, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of blue cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Tuna are #343c45 and #3c3445. Thus found on the left and right of #343445 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bright Gray and Ship Gray colors as they work well with Pauper.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pauper palette consists of #3c4534 and #453c34 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#454534). Try Cabbage Pont and Taupe colors in combination with #343445, 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 #343445 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 Pauper. Thus Lunar Green and Woody Brown giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pauper contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kelp, Matterhorn, and Cape Cod split by 90° on the color wheel. #343445 square combo is a palette of cool blue, red magenta, warm yellow and cool green 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. Pauper tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#454534) and two others. The Woody Brown is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Outer Space – 120° from the complementary Kelp. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #453434 and #344545.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #343445 is made of 30% red, 30% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Pauper has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 14.05% and a lightness of 23.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #343445 is made of 6.67% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 72.94% black ink.

HEX #343445
RGB Decimal rgb(52,52,69)
RGB Percentage 30%, 30%, 40%
CMYK 6.67, 6.67, 0, 72.94
HSL hsl(240,14.05%,23.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(240,24.64%,27.06%)
CIE-LAB lab(22.358,4.3996,-10.5276)
XYZ xyz(3.7183,3.6157,6.1321)
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