Elegant Navy is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, mid green or red magenta
| Inverse Color | #b7ae95 |
| Complementary Color | #696148 |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (224.12° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 34.9% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Elegant Navy Color. The Mountain Fig color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Astrogranite Debris (#3b424c) for more calm effect. Try Blue Zephyr as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#696148 is the best complementary color to Elegant Navy. Warm yellow shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #48516a complementary color is Go Ben, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Fiord are #486169 and #504869. Thus found on the left and right of #48516a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue Bayoux and Mulled Wine colors as they work well with Elegant Navy.
The split-complementary Elegant Navy palette consists of #616948 and #695048 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#696148). Try Finch and Ferra colors in combination with #48516a, 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 #48516a 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 Elegant Navy. Thus Axolotl and Ferra giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Elegant Navy contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Go Ben, Eggplant, and Axolotl split by 90° on the color wheel. #48516a square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, warm yellow and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Elegant Navy tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#696148) and two others. The Ferra is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mineral Green – 120° from the complementary Go Ben. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #694851 and #486961.
In a RGB color space, hex #48516a is made of 28% red, 31% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Elegant Navy has a hue angle of 224.12°, a saturation of 19.1% and a lightness of 34.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #48516a is made of 13.33% cyan, 9.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 58.43% black ink.
| HEX | #48516a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(72,81,106) |
| RGB Percentage | 28%, 31%, 41% |
| CMYK | 13.33, 9.81, 0, 58.43 |
| HSL | hsl(224.12,19.1%,34.9%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(224.12,32.08%,41.57%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(34.6065,2.9497,-15.5922) |
| XYZ | xyz(8.2164,8.3032,14.8053) |