Smoking Night Blue Color

#43454c

Smoking Night Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, mid green or cool red

Inverse Color #bcbab3
Complementary Color #4c4a43
Color Shade: cool blue (226.67° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 28.04% (better contrasting with white)
Smoking Night Blue Color Sample
Smoking Night Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #43454c

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Smoking Night Blue Color. The Evening East 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 saturated alternative called Blue Linen (#5a5e6a) for more energetic effect. Try Black Rock as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4c4a43 is the best complementary color to Smoking Night Blue. 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 #43454c 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 mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Mako are #43494c and #45434c. Thus found on the left and right of #43454c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mako and Ship Gray colors as they work well with Smoking Night Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Smoking Night Blue palette consists of #494c43 and #4c4543 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4c4a43). Try Fuscous Gray and Masala colors in combination with #43454c, 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 #43454c 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 Smoking Night Blue. Thus Lunar Green and Tundora giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Smoking Night Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fuscous Gray, Emperor, and Lunar Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #43454c square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and mid 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. Smoking Night Blue tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#4c4a43) and two others. The Tundora 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 #4c4345 and #434c4a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #43454c is made of 32% red, 33% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Smoking Night Blue has a hue angle of 226.67°, a saturation of 6.29% and a lightness of 28.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #43454c is made of 3.53% cyan, 2.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 70.2% black ink.

HEX #43454c
RGB Decimal rgb(67,69,76)
RGB Percentage 32%, 33%, 36%
CMYK 3.53, 2.74, 0, 70.2
HSL hsl(226.67,6.29%,28.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(226.67,11.84%,29.8%)
CIE-LAB lab(29.34,0.8205,-4.4881)
XYZ xyz(5.7474,5.9713,7.6871)
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