Cobalt Night 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 | #cac8c6 |
| Complementary Color | #393735 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (210° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 21.57% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Cobalt Night Color. The Thunderbolt 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 saturated alternative called Lamp Post (#4a4f55) for more energetic effect. Try Deepest Sea as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#393735 is the best complementary color to Cobalt Night. 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 #353739 complementary color is Dune, 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 Outer Space are #353939 and #353539. Thus found on the left and right of #353739 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cape Cod and Tuna colors as they work well with Cobalt Night.
The split-complementary Cobalt Night palette consists of #393935 and #393535 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#393735). Try Tuatara and Mine Shaft colors in combination with #353739, 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 #353739 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 Cobalt Night. Thus Heavy Metal and Thunder giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cobalt Night contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dune, Thunder, and Lunar Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #353739 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. Cobalt Night tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#393735) and two others. The Thunder is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cape Cod – 120° from the complementary Dune. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #393537 and #353937.
In a RGB color space, hex #353739 is made of 32% red, 33% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Cobalt Night has a hue angle of 210°, a saturation of 3.64% and a lightness of 21.57%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #353739 is made of 1.57% cyan, 0.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 77.65% black ink.
| HEX | #353739 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(53,55,57) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 33%, 35% |
| CMYK | 1.57, 0.78, 0, 77.65 |
| HSL | hsl(210,3.64%,21.57%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(210,7.02%,22.35%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(22.9464,-0.379,-1.5512) |
| XYZ | xyz(3.5729,3.7847,4.4131) |