India Ink 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 | #c3c2b3 |
| Complementary Color | #4c4b3c |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (236.25° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 26.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to India Ink Color. The Blue Indigo 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 soft alternative called Blackwater (#545663) for more calm effect. Try Anthracite as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#4c4b3c is the best complementary color to India Ink. 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 #3c3d4c complementary color is Kelp, 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 Bright Gray are #3c454c and #433c4c. Thus found on the left and right of #3c3d4c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Limed Spruce and Ship Gray colors as they work well with India Ink.
The split-complementary India Ink palette consists of #454c3c and #4c433c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4c4b3c). Try Cabbage Pont and Armadillo colors in combination with #3c3d4c, 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 #3c3d4c 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 India Ink. Thus Lunar Green and Matterhorn giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of India Ink contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kelp, Matterhorn, and Lunar Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #3c3d4c 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. India Ink tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#4c4b3c) and two others. The Matterhorn is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cape Cod – 120° from the complementary Kelp. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4c3c3c and #3c4c4b.
In a RGB color space, hex #3c3d4c is made of 30% red, 31% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode India Ink has a hue angle of 236.25°, a saturation of 11.76% and a lightness of 26.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3c3d4c is made of 6.27% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 70.2% black ink.
| HEX | #3c3d4c |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(60,61,76) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 31%, 39% |
| CMYK | 6.27, 5.88, 0, 70.2 |
| HSL | hsl(236.25,11.76%,26.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(236.25,21.05%,29.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(26.2155,3.3219,-9.2458) |
| XYZ | xyz(4.8367,4.8199,7.5129) |