Midsummer 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 | #c5afa4 |
| Complementary Color | #5b453a |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (200° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 29.22% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Midsummer Night Color. The Distance color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Winter Shadow (#4f6b79) for more calm effect. Try Ruskin Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#5b453a is the best complementary color to Midsummer 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 #3a505b complementary color is Kabul, 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 Oxford Blue are #3a5b55 and #3a3f5b. Thus found on the left and right of #3a505b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mineral Green and Oxford Blue colors as they work well with Midsummer Night.
The split-complementary Midsummer Night palette consists of #5b553a and #5b3a3f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5b453a). Try Hemlock and Congo Brown colors in combination with #3a505b, 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 #3a505b 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 Midsummer Night. Thus Hemlock and Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Midsummer Night contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kabul, Voodoo, and Tom Thumb split by 90° on the color wheel. #3a505b 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. Midsummer Night tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#5b453a) and two others. The Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mineral Green – 120° from the complementary Kabul. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5b3a50 and #3a5b45.
In a RGB color space, hex #3a505b is made of 25% red, 35% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Midsummer Night has a hue angle of 200°, a saturation of 22.15% and a lightness of 29.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3a505b is made of 12.94% cyan, 4.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 64.31% black ink.
| HEX | #3a505b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(58,80,91) |
| RGB Percentage | 25%, 35%, 40% |
| CMYK | 12.94, 4.32, 0, 64.31 |
| HSL | hsl(200,22.15%,29.22%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(200,36.26%,35.69%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(32.6836,-5.3535,-9.1592) |
| XYZ | xyz(6.5019,7.3922,10.9817) |