Midnight Serenade Color

#41434e

Midnight Serenade 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 #bebcb1
Complementary Color #4e4c41
Color Shade: cool blue (230.77° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 28.04% (better contrasting with white)
Midnight Serenade Color Sample
Midnight Serenade Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #41434e

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Midnight Serenade Color. The Charade color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Tricorn Black (#2f2f30) for more calm effect. Try Mangu Black as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4e4c41 is the best complementary color to Midnight Serenade. 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 #41434e complementary color is Fuscous Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Mako are #41494e and #45414e. Thus found on the left and right of #41434e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mako and Ship Gray colors as they work well with Midnight Serenade.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Midnight Serenade palette consists of #494e41 and #4e4541 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4e4c41). Try Kelp and Masala colors in combination with #41434e, 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 #41434e 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 Midnight Serenade. Thus Lunar Green and Emperor giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Midnight Serenade contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fuscous Gray, Emperor, and Nandor split by 90° on the color wheel. #41434e square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool 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. Midnight Serenade tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#4e4c41) and two others. The Emperor is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cape Cod – 120° from the complementary Fuscous Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4e4143 and #414e4c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #41434e is made of 31% red, 32% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Midnight Serenade has a hue angle of 230.77°, a saturation of 9.09% and a lightness of 28.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #41434e is made of 5.1% cyan, 4.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 69.41% black ink.

HEX #41434e
RGB Decimal rgb(65,67,78)
RGB Percentage 31%, 32%, 37%
CMYK 5.1, 4.32, 0, 69.41
HSL hsl(230.77,9.09%,28.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(230.77,16.67%,30.59%)
CIE-LAB lab(28.6117,1.8299,-6.8938)
XYZ xyz(5.5623,5.6882,8.0125)
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