Indian 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 cool red
| Inverse Color | #c3c0b5 |
| Complementary Color | #4a473c |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (227.14° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 26.27% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Indian Ink Color. The Midnight Badger color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Blue Indigo (#49516d) for more energetic effect. Try Royal Hyacinth as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#4a473c is the best complementary color to Indian 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 #3c3f4a complementary color is Armadillo, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Bright Gray are #3c464a and #3f3c4a. Thus found on the left and right of #3c3f4a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Limed Spruce and Ship Gray colors as they work well with Indian Ink.
The split-complementary Indian Ink palette consists of #464a3c and #4a403c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a473c). Try Kelp and Masala colors in combination with #3c3f4a, 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 #3c3f4a offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Indian Ink. Thus Lunar Green and Matterhorn giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Indian Ink contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Armadillo, Matterhorn, and Lunar Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #3c3f4a 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. Indian Ink tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#4a473c) and two others. The Matterhorn is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cape Cod – 120° from the complementary Armadillo. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4a3c3f and #3c4a47.
In a RGB color space, hex #3c3f4a is made of 30% red, 32% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Indian Ink has a hue angle of 227.14°, a saturation of 10.45% and a lightness of 26.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3c3f4a is made of 5.49% cyan, 4.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 70.98% black ink.
| HEX | #3c3f4a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(60,63,74) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 32%, 38% |
| CMYK | 5.49, 4.31, 0, 70.98 |
| HSL | hsl(227.14,10.45%,26.27%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(227.14,18.92%,29.02%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(26.7635,1.4731,-7.1032) |
| XYZ | xyz(4.877,5.0101,7.1886) |