Night Flight Color

#434d5c

Night Flight is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #bcb2a3
Complementary Color #5c5243
Color Shade: blue cyan (216° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 31.18% (better contrasting with white)
Night Flight Color Sample
Night Flight Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #434d5c

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Night Flight Color. The Prairie Denim color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called British Shorthair (#5f6672) for more calm effect. Try Durango Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#5c5243 is the best complementary color to Night Flight. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #434d5c complementary color is Kabul, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of River Bed are #43595c and #45435c. Thus found on the left and right of #434d5c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Limed Spruce and Gun Powder colors as they work well with Night Flight.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Night Flight palette consists of #595c43 and #5c4543 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5c5243). Try Finch and Kabul colors in combination with #434d5c, 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 #434d5c offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Night Flight. Thus Axolotl and Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Night Flight contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kabul, Eggplant, and Gray Asparagus split by 90° on the color wheel. #434d5c square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange 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. Night Flight tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#5c5243) and two others. The Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mineral Green – 120° from the complementary Kabul. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5c434c and #435c52.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #434d5c is made of 28% red, 33% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Night Flight has a hue angle of 216°, a saturation of 15.72% and a lightness of 31.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #434d5c is made of 9.81% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 63.92% black ink.

HEX #434d5c
RGB Decimal rgb(67,77,92)
RGB Percentage 28%, 33%, 39%
CMYK 9.81, 5.88, 0, 63.92
HSL hsl(216,15.72%,31.18%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(216,27.17%,36.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(32.4222,-0.1319,-10.1265)
XYZ xyz(6.9004,7.2738,11.1655)
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