Little Black Dress 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 | #bcb7b4 |
| Complementary Color | #4b4643 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (202.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 27.84% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Little Black Dress Color. The Marine Magic 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 soft alternative called Graphic Charcoal (#5c5e5f) for more calm effect. Try Coated as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#4b4643 is the best complementary color to Little Black Dress. 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 #43484b complementary color is Masala, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Mako are #434b4a and #43444b. Thus found on the left and right of #43484b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cape Cod and Mako colors as they work well with Little Black Dress.
The split-complementary Little Black Dress palette consists of #4b4a43 and #4b4344 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4b4643). Try Fuscous Gray and Tundora colors in combination with #43484b, 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 #43484b offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Little Black Dress. Thus Cabbage Pont and Tundora giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Little Black Dress contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Masala, Gravel, and Lunar Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #43484b square combo is a palette of cool cyan, violet, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Little Black Dress tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#4b4643) and two others. The Tundora is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cape Cod – 120° from the complementary Masala. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4b4348 and #434b46.
In a RGB color space, hex #43484b is made of 31% red, 34% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Little Black Dress has a hue angle of 202.5°, a saturation of 5.63% and a lightness of 27.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #43484b is made of 3.14% cyan, 1.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 70.59% black ink.
| HEX | #43484b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(67,72,75) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 34%, 35% |
| CMYK | 3.14, 1.17, 0, 70.59 |
| HSL | hsl(202.5,5.63%,27.84%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(202.5,10.67%,29.41%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(30.2449,-1.3339,-2.5006) |
| XYZ | xyz(5.9021,6.336,7.5685) |