Night Club Color

#494b4e

Night Club 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 #b6b4b1
Complementary Color #4e4c48
Color Shade: blue cyan (216° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 29.61% (better contrasting with white)
Night Club Color Sample
Night Club Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #494b4e

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Night Club Color. The Evening East 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 saturated alternative called Blue Sabre (#575f6a) for more energetic effect. Try Blue Planet as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4e4c48 is the best complementary color to Night Club. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #494b4e complementary color is Fuscous Gray, 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 Abbey are #484d4e and #49484e. Thus found on the left and right of #494b4e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cape Cod and Abbey colors as they work well with Night Club.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Night Club palette consists of #4d4e48 and #4e4948 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4e4c48). Try Fuscous Gray and Tundora colors in combination with #494b4e, 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 #494b4e offers a combination of cool yellow and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Night Club. Thus Fuscous Gray and Emperor giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Night Club contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fuscous Gray, Emperor, and Nandor split by 90° on the color wheel. #494b4e 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 Club tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#4e4c48) and two others. The Emperor 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 #4e484a and #484e4c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #494b4e is made of 32% red, 33% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Night Club has a hue angle of 216°, a saturation of 3.31% and a lightness of 29.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #494b4e is made of 1.96% cyan, 1.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 69.41% black ink.

HEX #494b4e
RGB Decimal rgb(73,75,78)
RGB Percentage 32%, 33%, 35%
CMYK 1.96, 1.18, 0, 69.41
HSL hsl(216,3.31%,29.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(216,6.41%,30.59%)
CIE-LAB lab(31.8039,-0.136,-2.0687)
XYZ xyz(6.6389,6.9987,8.2087)
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