Medium Gunship Grey Color

#3f4952

Medium Gunship Grey 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 #c0b6ad
Complementary Color #52483e
Color Shade: cool cyan (208.42° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 28.43% (better contrasting with white)
Medium Gunship Grey Color Sample
Medium Gunship Grey Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3f4952

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Medium Gunship Grey Color. The Bunglehouse 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 Loyalty (#4e6175) for more energetic effect. Try Plum Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#52483e is the best complementary color to Medium Gunship Grey. 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 #3f4952 complementary color is Armadillo, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of River Bed are #3e5251 and #3e3f52. Thus found on the left and right of #3f4952 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mineral Green and Gun Powder colors as they work well with Medium Gunship Grey.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Medium Gunship Grey palette consists of #52513e and #523e3f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#52483e). Try Kelp and Matterhorn colors in combination with #3f4952, 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 #3f4952 offers a combination of yellow green and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Medium Gunship Grey. Thus Cabbage Pont and Matterhorn giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Medium Gunship Grey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Armadillo, Mortar, and Gray Asparagus split by 90° on the color wheel. #3f4952 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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. Medium Gunship Grey tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#52483e) and two others. The Matterhorn is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mineral Green – 120° from the complementary Armadillo. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #523e49 and #3e5248.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3f4952 is made of 29% red, 33% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Medium Gunship Grey has a hue angle of 208.42°, a saturation of 13.1% and a lightness of 28.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3f4952 is made of 7.45% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 67.84% black ink.

HEX #3f4952
RGB Decimal rgb(63,73,82)
RGB Percentage 29%, 33%, 38%
CMYK 7.45, 3.53, 0, 67.84
HSL hsl(208.42,13.1%,28.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(208.42,23.17%,32.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(30.4749,-1.7309,-6.701)
XYZ xyz(5.9554,6.431,8.9101)
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