Bamboo Charcoal is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet
| Inverse Color | #bab5b7 |
| Complementary Color | #4a4547 |
| Color Shade: | green cyan (156° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 28.04% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Bamboo Charcoal Color. The Moss Cottage color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Earth Green (#545f5b) for more energetic effect. Try Tetsu Black as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#4a4547 is the best complementary color to Bamboo Charcoal. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #454a48 complementary color is Tundora, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cape Cod are #454a45 and #45494a. Thus found on the left and right of #454a48 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lunar Green and Cape Cod colors as they work well with Bamboo Charcoal.
The split-complementary Bamboo Charcoal palette consists of #4a4545 and #4a4549 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a4547). Try Tundora and Tundora colors in combination with #454a48, 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 #454a48 offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Bamboo Charcoal. Thus Fuscous Gray and Gravel giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Bamboo Charcoal contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tundora, Abbey, and Fuscous Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #454a48 square combo is a palette of green cyan, cool blue, red magenta and mid yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Bamboo Charcoal tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#4a4547) and two others. The Gravel is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lunar Green – 120° from the complementary Tundora. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #48454a and #474a45.
In a RGB color space, hex #454a48 is made of 32% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Bamboo Charcoal has a hue angle of 156°, a saturation of 3.5% and a lightness of 28.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #454a48 is made of 1.96% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.78% yellow and 70.98% black ink.
| HEX | #454a48 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(69,74,72) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 34%, 33% |
| CMYK | 1.96, 0, 0.78, 70.98 |
| HSL | hsl(156,3.5%,28.04%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(156,6.76%,29.02%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(30.9508,-2.4871,0.485) |
| XYZ | xyz(6.0727,6.6306,7.0907) |